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Behavioural data on the production of males by workers in the stingless bee Melipona favosa (Apidae, Meliponinae)

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Male production was studied in four queenright M. favosa colonies by permanent and long duration observation of egg-laying and subsequent bee emergence. Workers produced males in all colonies; they produced 94.5% of all males.

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  1. Department of Social Insects, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.086, NL-3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands, e-mail: m.j.sommeijer@pobox.accu.uu.nl , , , , , , NL

    M. J. Sommeijer, T. X. Chinh & F. J. A. J. Meeuwsen

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Received 8 September 1998; revised 9 November 1998; accepted 20 November 1998.

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Sommeijer, M., Chinh, T. & Meeuwsen, F. Behavioural data on the production of males by workers in the stingless bee Melipona favosa (Apidae, Meliponinae). Insectes soc. 46, 92–93 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s000400050118

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