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Egg size

The length of an egg is 1.49±0.12 (range 1.12 - 1.85) mm Size change of Apis mellifera eggs during the incubation period,
Journal of Apicultural Research
, Volume 37, p.239-246, (1998)
[1]. The width of an egg is 0.35±0.02 (range 0.30 - 0.40) mm Size change of Apis mellifera eggs during the incubation period,
Journal of Apicultural Research
, Volume 37, p.239-246, (1998)
[1]. The volume of an egg is 0.10±0.02 (range 0.06 - 0.15) cubic mm Size change of Apis mellifera eggs during the incubation period,
Journal of Apicultural Research
, Volume 37, p.239-246, (1998)
[1]. Size of eggs varies markedly Morphologische untersuchungen über das differenzierungszentrum in der embryonal-entwicklung der honigbiene,
Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere
, Volume 29, Number 1, p.114–195, (1934)
[2]Research on the honey bee egg,
Gleanings in Bee Culture
, Volume 88, Issue 2, Number 2, p.104-111, (1960)
[3]Egg Weight variability in honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens,
Pszczelnicze Zeszyty Naukowe
, Volume 40, p.33-44, (1996)
[4]Variability of prenatal maternal investment in the honey bee (Apis mellifera),
Journal of Entomology
, Volume 10, p.35-42, (2013)
[5]. It changes with age, first it decrease but immediately before hatching of larvae it increases Size change of Apis mellifera eggs during the incubation period,
Journal of Apicultural Research
, Volume 37, p.239-246, (1998)
[1]. Size of eggs differs between subspecies and between queens of the same subspecies Egg weight variability and its inheritance in the honey bee,
Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.
, Volume 56, p.473-476, (1963)
[6]Size change of Apis mellifera eggs during the incubation period,
Journal of Apicultural Research
, Volume 37, p.239-246, (1998)
[1]Eggs from Apis mellifera caucasica laying workers are larger than from queens,
Journal of Apicultural Research
, Volume 45, Number 4, p.173-179, (2006)
[7]. Eggs of laying workers have different shape and are more variable in size than eggs of queens Comparison of the size of eggs from Apis mellifera L queens and laying workers,
Apidologie
, Volume 25, Number 2, p.179-187, (1994)
[8]. Fertilized and unfertilized eggs do not differ in size Variability in the size of emerging drones and of drone and worker eggs in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies,
Journal of Apicultural Research
, Volume 31, p.114-118, (1992)
[9]Eggs from Apis mellifera caucasica laying workers are larger than from queens,
Journal of Apicultural Research
, Volume 45, Number 4, p.173-179, (2006)
[7].
The weight of an egg is ranges from 0.12 to 0.22 mg Egg weight variability and its inheritance in the honey bee,
Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.
, Volume 56, p.473-476, (1963)
[6]. Weight of egg decreases about 30% during its incubation The honeybee embryo,
Methods in developmental biology
, New York, p.183-217, (1967)
[10]Size change of Apis mellifera eggs during the incubation period,
Journal of Apicultural Research
, Volume 37, p.239-246, (1998)
[1]. The egg weight is in part determined genetically Egg weight variability and its inheritance in the honey bee,
Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.
, Volume 56, p.473-476, (1963)
[6]Egg-weight variance in honey bees,
Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.
, Volume 58, p.303-306, (1965)
[11].