Reproductive Potential Accelerates Preimaginal Development of Rebel Workers in <i>Apis mellifera</i>

Rebel workers develop from eggs laid by the previous queen, before it went swarming and left the colony orphaned, until the emergence of a new queen. In contrast to normal workers developing in the queen’s presence, rebels are set to reproduce and avoid rearing of successive bee generations. They ha...

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Main Authors: Aneta Strachecka, Krzysztof Olszewski, Karolina Kuszewska, Jerzy Paleolog, Michał Woyciechowski
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: MDPI AG 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a7b7230ae3c44ff4a619bc6ec38900c4
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