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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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