Patrício K, Cruz-Landim C
Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro, UNESP, Avenida 24A, 1515, CEP 13506-900, Bela Vista, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.
Braz J Biol. 2002 Nov;62(4A):641-9. doi: 10.1590/s1519-69842002000400012. Epub 2003 Feb 11.
The present results show that in the ovarioles of a newly emerged (0 day) queen of A. mellifera only two regions may be distinguished: a proximal, short germarium and a very long distal, terminal filament. As the queen matures and gets ready for the nuptial flight, the germarium increases in length, advancing towered the distal end, as the terminal filament shortens. The ovarioles of queens ready to mate (6 to 8 days old) have, already one or two ovarian follicles, i.e. a very short proximal vitellarium, but a real vitellogenesis only starts after the fecundation. If the queen does not mate the ovarioles structure is disrupted (12-16 days old). In mated queen eggs the ovarioles present three differentiated regions, from the apice to the basis: a short terminal filament, a medium size germarium, and a very long basal vitellarium. As the eggs are laid, the emptied follicle collapses, degenerates and produces a corpus luteum.
目前的结果表明，在新羽化（0天）的意大利蜜蜂蜂王的卵巢小管中，只能区分出两个区域：近端的短生殖腺和非常长的远端终丝。随着蜂王成熟并准备进行婚飞，生殖腺长度增加，朝着远端推进，而终丝缩短。准备交配（6至8日龄）的蜂王的卵巢小管已经有一个或两个卵巢卵泡，即近端的非常短的卵黄生成区，但真正的卵黄生成仅在受精后开始。如果蜂王没有交配，卵巢小管结构就会被破坏（12至16日龄）。在已交配蜂王的卵中，卵巢小管呈现出从顶端到基部的三个分化区域：短的终丝、中等大小的生殖腺和非常长的基部卵黄生成区。随着卵的产出，排空的卵泡塌陷、退化并产生黄体。
