ReviewInsects2019
Putative Drone Copulation Factors Regulating Honey Bee (
Review in Insects, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Fertility Management in Pollinators: Queen Storage, Transport, and Reproductive Resilience inInsects · 2026Review
- Diversity and Functional Potential of Yeasts Inhabiting Honey Bee Drones.Microorganisms · 2025Article
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- Successful Cryoprotectant-Free Vitrification of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Drone Sperm With Royal Jelly Supplemented Extender.Veterinary medicine and science · 2025Article
- Storage Conditions of Sperm Samples and Gametic Characterization by Sperm Head Morphometry in Drones (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
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- Recent advances and opportunities related to the use of bee products in food processing.Food science & nutrition · 2023Review
- Phenotypic and genetic characterization of AfricanizedFrontiers in insect science · 2023Article
- The Influence of Body Weight on Semen Parameters inInsects · 2022Article
- Morphometric and genetic characterization as tools for selection ofFrontiers in insect science · 2022Article
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- Worker-Born Males Are Smaller but Have Similar Reproduction Ability to Queen-Born Males in Bumblebees.Insects · 2021Article
- Reproductive and Morphological Quality of Commercial Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Drones in the United States.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2021Article
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- Methylene blue can act as an antidote to pesticide poisoning of bumble bee mitochondria.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Factors Influencing the Reproductive Ability of Male Bees: Current Knowledge and Further Directions.Insects · 2021Review
- A systems-based approach to the environmental risk assessment of multiple stressors in honey bees.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the standards compliance of the queen bees reared in the Mediterranean region in Turkey.Saudi journal of biological sciences · 2021Article
- Viral impacts on honey bee populations: A review.Saudi journal of biological sciences · 2021Review
- Histopathological Findings in Testes from Apparently Healthy Drones ofVeterinary sciences · 2020Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Honey bees are major pollinators of agricultural and non-agricultural landscapes. In recent years, honey bee colonies have exhibited high annual losses and commercial beekeepers frequently report poor queen quality and queen failure as the primary causes. Honey bee colonies are highly vulnerable to compromised queen fertility, as each hive is headed by one reproductive queen. Queens mate with multiple drones (male bees) during a single mating period early in life in which they obtain enough spermatozoa to fertilize their eggs for the rest of their reproductive life span. The process of mating initiates numerous behavioral, physiological, and molecular changes that shape the fertility of the queen and her influence on the colony. For example, receipt of drone semen can modulate queen ovary activation, pheromone production, and subsequent worker retinue behavior. In addition, seminal fluid is a major component of semen that is primarily derived from drone accessory glands. It also contains a complex mixture of proteins such as proteases, antioxidants, and antimicrobial proteins. Seminal fluid proteins are essential for inducing post-mating changes in other insects such as
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