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A Behavioral Study of a Gynandromorphic Honey Bee

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

S. C. Jay  and
Doreen H. Jay
S. C. Jay
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Doreen H. Jay
Affiliation:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Abstract

A worker-like gynandromorph and worker honey bee (control) were observed for similar periods each day from age 4 to 26 days. The gynandromorph behaved more like a worker than a drone bee.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , February 1966 , pp. 170 - 174
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1966

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