Utah State University Biologists Examine Reproductive Organs of Alkali Bee (IMAGE)

Utah State University

Utah State University Biologists Examine Reproductive Organs of Alkali Bee

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Utah State University biologists Makenna Johnson, left, and Karen Kapheim use microscopy to examine the reproductive organs of a female Alkali bee. The researchers are studying the evolution of division of labor in social bees by testing a variation of the reproductive ground plan hypothesis in solitary bees, which have no division of labor.

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Mary-Ann Muffoletto/Utah State University

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