ReviewBiology2020
Sperm Quality Assessment in Honey Bee Drones.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Comparative evaluation of sperm parameters in Italian (Animal reproduction · 2026Article
- Conservation of Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Intraspecific Diversity Through Reproductive Science and Technology.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- The number of drones to inseminate a queen with has little potential for optimization of honeybee breeding programs.Hereditas · 2024Article
- Ancestral lineages of dietary exposure to an endocrine disrupting chemical drive distinct forms of transgenerational subfertility in an insect model.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Microbiota Analysis of Ejaculated Honey Bee Drone Semen and the Effect of Semen Collection Method on Bacterial Loads.Insects · 2024Article
- Validation of Calcein Violet as a New Marker of Semen Membrane Integrity in Domestic Animals.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Identification of Honey Bee Sperm Structures Following the use of Various Staining Techniques.Journal of veterinary research · 2023Article
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- The Influence of Body Weight on Semen Parameters inInsects · 2022Article
- Worker-Born Males Are Smaller but Have Similar Reproduction Ability to Queen-Born Males in Bumblebees.Insects · 2021Article
- Review
- Factors Influencing the Reproductive Ability of Male Bees: Current Knowledge and Further Directions.Insects · 2021Review
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Abstract
The quality of honey bee drone semen is relevant in different contexts, ranging from colony productivity to pathology, toxicology and biodiversity preservation. Despite its importance, considerably less knowledge is available on this subject for the honey bee when compared to other domestic animal species. A proper assessment of sperm quality requires a multiple testing approach which discriminates between the different aspects of sperm integrity and functionality. Most studies on drone semen quality have only assessed a few parameters, such as sperm volume, sperm concentration and/or sperm plasma membrane integrity. Although more recent studies have focused on a broader variety of aspects of semen quality, some techniques currently used in vertebrates, such as computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) or multiparametric sperm quality testing, still remain to be developed in the honey bee. This may be attributed to the particular sperm morphology and physiology in this species, requiring the development of technologies specifically adapted to it. This article reviews the present knowledge of sperm quality in honey bee drones, highlighting its peculiarities and proposing future lines of research.
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