Skip to main content
ARS Home » Office of Communications » Images » Photos » May04 » k11141-1

Download a high-resolution (300dpi) digital image here

Image Number K11141-1

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.



640 pixels wide: (k11141-1.jpg)



Please visit our Image Gallery