What is it about?
The mating flight is terminated because the folowing drone is not able to remove the sign of the prodecessor. from the sting chamber of the queen bee
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Why is it important?
This explain the process of natural mating of queen bees
Perspectives
Tfhe knowledge of natural mating is important for instrumental insemination of queen bees.
Professor Jerzy Woyke
Szkola Glowna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego
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This page is a summary of: Not the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Queen, but the Drone Determines the Termination of the Nuptial Flight and the Onset of Oviposition - The Polemics, Abnegations, Corrections and Supplements, Journal of Apicultural Science, January 2016, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/jas-2016-0032.
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