Hello,
I've bee a beekeeper for more than 15 years now and I thought It would be interestiong to observe honey bee sperm from drones as they are really very motile and active..
Here is a preliminary video to give yu an idea what they look like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB1Bnlq05wg
You got to know that the queen bee is equiped with a storage organ in wich she keeps them alive for her whole life (5 years max!) . We dont know yet exactly how she can do that and the biological mecanism involved.
Still, you'll see they are very thin with a particularly very lon tail. We cant really distinguish the head but they are very very dynamic.
CHRis
apis mellifera sperm alive
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apis mellifera sperm alive
microscope Olympus BH2-BHTU+epifluo RFC @ 470 nm
Zeiss neofluar x16Ph, x40Ph, x100 oilPh
LOMO Ph x10 X20 X40 X90oil
Olympus SPFl x2
Olympus SPx20, SPx40 SPx100
camera astro ZWO ASI 120MM (n&b) et ZWO ASI 120 MC (colour)
Nikon D3100
Zeiss neofluar x16Ph, x40Ph, x100 oilPh
LOMO Ph x10 X20 X40 X90oil
Olympus SPFl x2
Olympus SPx20, SPx40 SPx100
camera astro ZWO ASI 120MM (n&b) et ZWO ASI 120 MC (colour)
Nikon D3100
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Re: apis mellifera sperm alive
with acridin orange under blue light @ 435nm : we can see the heads that become fluorescent in bright green.
microscope Olympus BH2-BHTU+epifluo RFC @ 470 nm
Zeiss neofluar x16Ph, x40Ph, x100 oilPh
LOMO Ph x10 X20 X40 X90oil
Olympus SPFl x2
Olympus SPx20, SPx40 SPx100
camera astro ZWO ASI 120MM (n&b) et ZWO ASI 120 MC (colour)
Nikon D3100
Zeiss neofluar x16Ph, x40Ph, x100 oilPh
LOMO Ph x10 X20 X40 X90oil
Olympus SPFl x2
Olympus SPx20, SPx40 SPx100
camera astro ZWO ASI 120MM (n&b) et ZWO ASI 120 MC (colour)
Nikon D3100
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Re: apis mellifera sperm alive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcwYNtn ... chrisimbee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR2e_yK ... chrisimbee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR2e_yK ... chrisimbee
microscope Olympus BH2-BHTU+epifluo RFC @ 470 nm
Zeiss neofluar x16Ph, x40Ph, x100 oilPh
LOMO Ph x10 X20 X40 X90oil
Olympus SPFl x2
Olympus SPx20, SPx40 SPx100
camera astro ZWO ASI 120MM (n&b) et ZWO ASI 120 MC (colour)
Nikon D3100
Zeiss neofluar x16Ph, x40Ph, x100 oilPh
LOMO Ph x10 X20 X40 X90oil
Olympus SPFl x2
Olympus SPx20, SPx40 SPx100
camera astro ZWO ASI 120MM (n&b) et ZWO ASI 120 MC (colour)
Nikon D3100