Queens Control Worker Reproduction without Castration in Stingless Bee Species (IMAGE)

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Queens Control Worker Reproduction without Castration in Stingless Bee Species

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Study contradicts the view that worker bees are forcibly castrated by the queen among the 600-odd species of stingless bees widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

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Túlio Nunes / University of São Paulo

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