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Honey bee queen spermathecal fluid at three adult life stages

ABSTRACT: Spermathecal fluid was extracted from adult queens at two different life stages (virgins and mated 2 week old) and separated from sperm by centrifugation. Queens were all sourced from the same grafting event and mated on the same schedule. Virgin queens were 2 days old at sampling. Some mated 2 week old queens were then held in a queen bank for a further two weeks (final age = 4 weeks), creating three groups of queens. Unbanked mated 2 week old queens were actively ovipositing, whereas banked mated queens were not actively laying.

INSTRUMENT(S): timsTOF Pro 2

ORGANISM(S): Apis Mellifera (ncbitaxon:7460)

SUBMITTER: Leonard Foster

PROVIDER: MSV000096180 | MassIVE | Wed Oct 23 15:07:00 BST 2024

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PXD057117

REPOSITORIES: MassIVE

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