Egg-laying, egg-removal, and ovary devel
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Francis L.W. Ratnieks
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Article
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1993
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Springer
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English
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The study investigates whether worker policing via the selective removal of worker-laid male eggs occurs in normal honey bee colonies with a queen. Queenright honey bee colonies were set up with the queen below a queen excluder. Frames of worker brood and drone comb were placed above the queen exclu