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Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:01:22 -0400
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Dwarf queens

One of the principal external anomalies of the queen bee may be seen in the so-called "dwarf queens" that are occasionally reared by the bees when insufficient pollen and nectar is available, and which seldom ever attain the size of a worker bee. One should not confuse them with egg­ laying working bees, because dwarf queens possess small but otherwise normally developed sex organs. Usually, however, they remain unmated and sterile. The dwarfism should not be attributed to a hereditary factor in such cases but, rather, to insufficient nutrition during the larval stage. It is not presently known whether a hereditary dwarfism exists also in honey bees.

FYG, W. (1964). ANOMALIES AND DISEASES OF THE QUEEN HONEY BEE. Annual Review of Entomology

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