Mating of Virgin Queen Honey Bees ( Apis mellifera L.) following Mandibular Gland Extirpation

MORSE, R. A. ; GARY, N. E. ; JOHANSSON, T. S. K.

[s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
Published 1962
ISSN:
1476-4687
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Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
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[Auszug] Nedel3 first extirpated mandibular glands from a living queen. One of these queens did not mate when given the opportunity, and on this basis he suggested that the mandibular gland was necessary for mating to occur. Gary and Morse4 and Gary5 independently developed another technique for mandibular ...
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