Assertion: queen bee | /r/CapableOf | hold the sperm
Facets:
value: inside her spermatheca
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: To mate throughout her life, the queen bee holds the sperm inside her spermatheca.
text: The queen bee only has so much sperm to last her lifetime.
text: Thereafter, the queen bee lays between 1,000 and 2,000 eggs a day inside the hive (she has enough sperm stored in her sperm pouch to enable her to fertilize her eggs for the rest of her life).
text: Once the dozen or so mating drones have all been dispensed with, the queen bee has all the semen she needs inside her, and she selectively releases it over the next two to seven years.