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A scientific note on the lack of effect of mandible ablation on the synthesis of royal scent by honeybee queens

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This work was funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (20100481435 and 201104739) and RMC and CWWP were funded by National Research Foundation and University of Pretoria.

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  1. College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    Huo-Qing Zheng & Fu-Liang Hu

  2. Swiss Bee Research Centre, Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP, CH-3003, Bern, Switzerland

    Vincent Dietemann

  3. Social Insect Research Group, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, Republic of South Africa

    Vincent Dietemann, Robin M. Crewe & Christian W. W. Pirk

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Note scientifique sur l’absence d’effet de l’ablation de la mandibule sur la synthèse de la phéromone royale par les reines d’abeilles.

Eine wissenschaftliche Notiz darüber, dass die Ablation der Mandibeln keinen Effekt auf die Synthese der Königinnenduftstoffe bei Honigbienen hat.

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Zheng, HQ., Dietemann, V., Hu, FL. et al. A scientific note on the lack of effect of mandible ablation on the synthesis of royal scent by honeybee queens. Apidologie 43, 471–473 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-011-0114-9

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