I'm SURE that there is a way. Honeybee virgin queens can be artificially inseminated in order to specify the genes. These queens are awfully expensive though. It is a delicate process and special, expensive equiptment is needed.
EDIT: But, of course, you've got the honey industry that is world wide. The artificial insemination of honeybees benefits the world.
With mantids, they are either wild (in which case, may do best if breed natural by natural selection) or pets (in which case, the only benefit to artificial insemination would be for the keepers. Not a big drive for scientists.).
EDIT: Mantids mate on a surface. It is fairly easy to at least select an appropriate partner for the mantids. With honeybees, they mate while flying 10-40 meters from the ground. The drone dies after mating, and the former virgin queen mates with around seven (more or less, depending on the amount of drones in the Drone Congregation Area) before returning to her hive. The queen will never mate again after that mating flight, while mantids can be remated, and the males do not die.