Hi netters,
 
A quick question.  Can anyone out there definitively tell me the positioning
of the honey bee egg as it passes by the spermatheca?
 
Since the egg is oviposited cephalic-end-up, past research has made sense
in stating that the egg travels down the reproductive tract caudal-end first.
But from looking at the morphology of the reproductive tract, it makes more
sense to have the egg travel down cephalic-end first.  Certainly, the egg
can't do a 180...can it?
 
Thanks for any help!
Paul