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The queen is dead--long live the workers: intraspecific parasitism by workers in the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2009
Alves D A, Imperatriz-Fonseca V L, Francoy T M, Santos-Filho P S, Nogueira-Neto P, Billen J, Wenseleers T
Abstract excerpt
Insect societies are well known for their high degree of cooperation, but their colonies can potentially be exploited by reproductive workers who lay unfertilized, male eggs, rather than work for the good of the colony. Recently, it has also been discovered that workers in bumblebees and Asian honeybees can succeed in entering and parasitizing unrelated colonies to produce their own male offspring. The aim of...
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