ReviewInsects2021
Factors Influencing the Reproductive Ability of Male Bees: Current Knowledge and Further Directions.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Comparative evaluation of sperm parameters in Italian (Animal reproduction · 2026Article
- Effects of pesticides on sperm quality in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) drones.Veterinary research communications · 2025Article
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- Agxt2l-mediated glycerophospholipid metabolism in trophocytes explains Apis mellifera queen's higher oviposition over A. cerana.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Dissection of genetic basis underlying heat stress response of Apis cerana.BMC genomics · 2025Article
- Fungicide consumption exacerbates the negative effects of a common gut parasite in bumble bee microcolonies.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Intraspecific body size variation across distributional moments reveals trait filtering processes.The Journal of animal ecology · 2025Article
- Beehive Smart Detector Device for the Detection of Critical Conditions That Utilize Edge Device Computations and Deep Learning Inferences.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- The Effect of Comb Cell Size on the Development ofLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Gut microbiota-driven regulation of queen bee ovarian metabolism.Microbiology spectrum · 2023Article
- The Influence of Body Weight on Semen Parameters inInsects · 2022Article
- Field-realistic concentrations of a neonicotinoid insecticide influence socially regulated brood development in a bumblebee.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Worker-Born Males Are Smaller but Have Similar Reproduction Ability to Queen-Born Males in Bumblebees.Insects · 2021Article
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Abstract
Bumblebees and honeybees are very important pollinators and play a vital role in agricultural and natural ecosystems. The quality of their colonies is determined by the queens and the reproductive drones of mother colonies, and mated drones transmit semen, including half of the genetic materials, to queens and enhance their fertility. Therefore, factors affecting drone fecundity will also directly affect progeny at the colony level. Here, we review environmental and bee-related factors that are closely related to drone reproductive ability. The environmental factors that mainly affect the sperm count and the viability of males include temperature, nutrients and pesticides. In addition, the inherent characteristics of male bees, such as body size, weight, age, seminal fluid proteins and proteins of the spermathecal fluid, contribute to mating success, sperm quality during long-term storage in the spermathecae and the reproductive behaviors of queens. Based on the results of previous studies, we also suggest that the effects of somatotype dimorphism in bumblebee males on sperm quality and queen fecundity and the indispensable and exploitable function of gland proteins in the fecundity of males and queens should be given more attention in further studies.
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