Semen quality of honey bee drones maintained from emergence to sexual maturity under laboratory, semi-field and field conditions

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• 作者：Faten Ben Abdelkader (1) (2)
  Guillaume Kairo (1)
  Sylvie Tchamitchian (1)
  Marianne Cousin (1)
  Jaques Senechal (1)
  Didier Crauser (1)
  Jean Paul Vermandere (1)
  Cédric Alaux (1)
  Yves Le Conte (1)
  Luc P. Belzunces (1)
  Naima Barbouche (2)
  Jean-Luc Brunet (1)
  
• 关键词：honey bee drones ; sexual maturity ; fertility ; semen quality ; sperm
• 刊名：Apidologie
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：March 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：45
• 期：2
• 页码：215-223
• 全文大小：272 KB
• 作者单位：Faten Ben Abdelkader (1) (2)
  Guillaume Kairo (1)
  Sylvie Tchamitchian (1)
  Marianne Cousin (1)
  Jaques Senechal (1)
  Didier Crauser (1)
  Jean Paul Vermandere (1)
  Cédric Alaux (1)
  Yves Le Conte (1)
  Luc P. Belzunces (1)
  Naima Barbouche (2)
  Jean-Luc Brunet (1)
  
  1. INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Site Agroparc CS 40509, 84914, Avignon, France
  2. Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, Laboratoire de Zoologie et d’Apiculture, 1082, Tunis, Tunisia
  
• ISSN：1297-9678

文摘

In order to evaluate the semen quality among honey bee populations, emergent honey bee drones were maintained to sexual maturity for 20?days under laboratory, semi-field, and field conditions. The drones were successfully maintained in laboratory conditions. Drones under laboratory and field conditions presented a lower spermatozoa concentration and lower protein content than those under semi-field conditions. The viability of spermatozoa was higher under laboratory conditions, and the ATP content and the superoxide dismutase activity were higher both under laboratory and field conditions compared to drones kept under semi-field conditions. Hence, our data indicate that the semen quality was similar in drones maintained under laboratory and field conditions.