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False queens: A consequence of mandibular gland signals in worker honeybees

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

    R. M. Crewe

  2. Laboratory of Comparative Physiology, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, Utrecht

    H. H. W. Velthuis

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We thank Prof. C.A. Salemink for making the facilities of his laboratory available to us. Financial support of the Netherlands Organisation for the Advancement of Pure Research-Z.W.O., the CSIR and the University of the Witwatersrand is gratefully acknowledged.

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Crewe, R.M., Velthuis, H.H.W. False queens: A consequence of mandibular gland signals in worker honeybees. Naturwissenschaften 67, 467–469 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00405650

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