Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice

The importance and history of artificial insemination in honey bees

Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice

Artificial insemination versus natural mating (sperm count, colony performance, lifespan, spawning success, spawning initiation, pheromone production)

Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice

Structure and functions of reproductive organs (Queen bee reproductive organs, male reproductive organs, eversion and ejaculation, drone semen)

Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice

Mating behavior (weather conditions, flight distance, mating frequency, number and duration of mating flights, drone gathering area, mating act, sperm storage)

Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice

Artificial insemination equipment (artificial insemination device, stereomicroscope, anesthesia device) Demonstration and adjustment of artificial insemination equipment, stereomicroscope and anesthesia mechanism.

Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice

Artificial insemination process (Equipment cleaning, syringe preparation) Artificial insemination process (Equipment cleaning, syringe preparation procedures and demonstration)

Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice

Collection of male bees from hives, stimulation of eversion and ejaculation, semen collection (Application: Collection of male bees from hives, stimulation of eversion and ejaculation, semen collection)

Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice

Erkek arıların kovanlardan toplanması, eversiyon ve ejekülasyonu uyarma, semen toplama (Uygulama: Erkek arıların kovanlardan toplanması, eversiyon ve ejekülasyonu uyarma, semen toplama )

Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice

Separating the inseminated queen bees and placing them in mating boxes

Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice

Control, maintenance and feeding in the mating boxes of inseminated queen bees

Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice

Factors affecting insemination results (Queen and drone rearing conditions, age of the queen bee, age of the drone) (Application: Semen collection from drones and ejaculation practice)

Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice

Factors affecting insemination results (maintenance of queen bees, semen volume, semen dilution) (Application: Semen collection from male bees and ejaculation practice)

Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice

Factors affecting insemination results (homogenization of semen, preservation of semen) (Application: Semen collection from male bees and ejaculation practice)

Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice

Factors affecting insemination results (temperature and humidity, season, narcotization, other factors) (Application: Semen collection and ejaculation practice from male bees)