The following links are provided to give you the resources to improve your understanding and mastery of Instrumental Insemination and breeding of Honey Bees. 

Honey Bee Insemination Service

Resources Journal Articles 

• Cobey, S. W. (2007). Comparison studies of instrumentally inseminated and naturally mated honey bee queens and factors affecting their performance. Apidologie 38(4): 390-410.
  

Publications General 

• Cobey, S., (2016) Instrumental/ArtificIal Insemination of Honey Bee Queens: 12 Most Frequently Asked Questions. American Bee Journal 156 (3): 339-342
• Cobey, S., Lawrence, T. and Garvey, K. (2014) Getting Intimate with Bees, Bee Beards and Bee Bikini's​
  
• Cobey, S. (2005). A versatile queen rearing and banking system-Part I the" Cloake Board Method" of queen rearing. American Bee Journal 145(4): 308-311.
  
• Cobey, S. (2005). A versatile queen rearing and banking system-Part II-conclusion: Use of the" Cloake Board" for banking purposes. American Bee Journal 145(5): 385-386.
  

Fact Sheets

• Cobey, S.  Eversion of the Drone Endophallus
• Cobey, S.  Field Dissection Of the Spermatheca
  
• Cobey, S. Insemination of the Queen
  
• Cobey, S. Semen Collection
  

Manuals

• Harbo Syringe Users Manual 
  
• ​Drone Flight Cage
  
• ​Schley Instructions 
  

Book Chapters:

• Cobey, S. W., Tarpy, D. R. & Woyke, J. (2013). Standard methods for instrumental insemination of Apis mellifera queens. Journal of Apicultural Research 52: 4.
• Cobey, S., Sheppard, W., Tarpy, D., Sammataro, D. & Yoder, J. (2011). Status of breeding practices and genetic diversity in domestic US honey bees. Honey Bee Colony Health: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions. North Carolina State University, Raleigh: 39-49.