honey bee varroa mite
Arachnida > Acari > Varroidae
Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman, 2000
Host: honey bee Apis mellifera Linnaeus
Photographer: Stephen Ausmus, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Descriptor: Research
Description: 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.
Image Citation:
Stephen Ausmus, USDA Agricultural Research Service, http://www.forestryimages.org
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