Cape honeybees, Apis mellifera capensis, police worker-laid eggs despite the absence of relatedness benefits
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Cape honeybees, Apis mellifera capensis, police worker-laid eggs despite the absence of relatedness benefits
C. W. W. Pirk, P. Neumann, and F. L. W. Ratnieks Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Zoologie II, Biozentrum, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa, Institut für Zoologie/Molekulare Ökologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Kröllwitzer Str. 44, D-06099 Hall...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral Ecology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1465-7279
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.3.347