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Articles | Volume 68, issue 3
Articles | Volume 68, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-68-507-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-68-507-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 68, issue 3
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31 Jul 2025
Original study |  | 31 Jul 2025

Investigating mating reliability and drone congregation areas on an island in Lake Neusiedl (Austria) for the potential establishment of a mating station for honey bee breeding

Thomas E. Sprenger, Cameron Menschhorn, and Robert Brodschneider

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The mating behaviour of honeybees was studied on the small beekeeping-free island in Lake Neusiedl, Austria. Of 17 virgin queens brought to the island, 11 were available for examination of their offspring. Except for two queens, all the island-mated queen bees had both cordovan and wild-type offspring, indicating they flew to the mainland for mating. The results suggest that this island is not suitable for establishing a mating station for honeybee breeding programmes.
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