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Artificial insemination of a queen. Semen is about to be injected into the oviducts of a queen bee. Thereafter the sperm cells migrate to the sperm storage pouch of the queen. A queen gradually releases sperm from this pouch to fertilize the eggs she lays during her lifetime.

Photo by Stephen Ausmus.



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Last Modified: 11/26/2009