MANDIBULAR GLAND SECRETIONS MAKE BEES DEFENSIVE
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Mandibular gland secretions of meliponine worker bees: further evidence for their role in interspecific and intraspecific defence and aggression and against their role in food source signalling.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.031476