Instrumental Insemination of Queen Honey Bees from collecting semen Watch Video
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Description: This is a short video on my modifications of the Mackensen-Laidlaw device that is used to instrumentally inseminate queen honey bees.My major change is the replacement of the traditional sting hook with self-closing microforceps from Trident.The positioning of the queen seems a little unorthodox, but it works well for me.nnMy Harbo syringe uses a threaded Hamiltom syringe rather than a microburrette from Gilmont.nnThis video is slow paced to purposely show the major steps in doing II of quee
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