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Science 10 June 1960:
Vol. 131. no. 3415, pp. 1734 - 1735
DOI: 10.1126/science.131.3415.1734
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Preservation of Honey Bee Semen

Stephen Taber III 1 and Murray S. Blum 2

1 Entomology Research Division, U.S. Agricildttral Research Service, Baton Rouge, Loutisiantia
2 Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Fertilized eggs have been obtained from queen honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) inseminated with sperm that had been stored in vitro at above-freezing temperatures for up to 68 days. The effects of various experimental storage treatments on semen are described. Semen shipped by ordinary mail has been successfully used for artificial insemination.

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