Effects of Insemination Quantity on Honey Bee Queen Physiology

Freddie-Jeanne Richard; David R. Tarpy; Christina M. Grozinger

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000980

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Effects of Insemination Quantity on Honey Bee Queen Physiology

Freddie-Jeanne Richard,

Affiliations Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, W.M. Keck Center for Behavioural Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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David R. Tarpy,

Affiliations Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, W.M. Keck Center for Behavioural Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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Christina M. Grozinger

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cmgrozin@ncsu.edu

Affiliations Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, W.M. Keck Center for Behavioural Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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Effects of Insemination Quantity on Honey Bee Queen Physiology

Freddie-Jeanne Richard,
David R. Tarpy,
Christina M. Grozinger

Published: October 3, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000980

About the Authors

Freddie-Jeanne Richard

Affiliations Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, W.M. Keck Center for Behavioural Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

David R. Tarpy

Affiliations Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, W.M. Keck Center for Behavioural Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Christina M. Grozinger

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cmgrozin@ncsu.edu

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CG FR DT. Performed the experiments: FR DT. Analyzed the data: CG FR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CG DT. Wrote the paper: CG FR DT.

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