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Re: Jigsaw pieces
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Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:18:41 -0400
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Re: Abejas unidas

When Workers Disunite: Intraspecific Parasitism by Eusocial Bees. Madeleine Beekman and Benjamin P. Oldroyd

> One of the most obvious characteristics of an insect society is reproductive cooperation. Yet insect colonies are vulnerable to reproductive parasitism, both by workers from their own colony and by workers from others. 

> These discoveries overturn the widespread view that insect colonies are like fortresses populated by female eunuchs, and yield important insights into the mechanisms that normally enforce functional worker sterility.

> Researchers have reported anarchy, as evidenced by successful production of male offspring by workers, in four naturally occurring A. mellifera colonies worldwide ...

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