On 1/18/99 Michael Haberl wrote (in part):
  "- Here comes the most difficult part:
  Fill a sterile syringe (volume about 1 ml) about half with
  sterile sperm dilution buffer (same as used as a stop solution in AM)."
 
        Mr. Haberl, could you please explain what the "stop solution" is?
Also, could you please say what the 1919 reference to Barrett appeared in?
Is the Neumann article in Deutsches Bienenjournal in English?
        I find this whole discussion of hand fertilization fascinating. You
also say (in part):
        "If queens are reared from AF-eggs and mated uncontrolled, you may
profit from heterosis effects (in workers) in each generation, but
at the same time be able to keep 'your' race/breeding line/etc. 'pure'.
But one can think of many more applications. Compared to AM, time
schedules are reduced significantly."
        Apparenly it is possible to control the genetics of both selected
queens And selected drone donors through this process, and if so , does that
make it unnecessary to do artificial insemination to accomplish the same
thing? Why would anyone prefer to do artificial insemination if this
technique is available?
        Sorry to ask so many questions but it really is interesting.
                                        Thanks,
                                                Ernie Huber