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Wax combs mediate nestmate recognition by guard honeybees

D'ettorre, Patrizia ; Wenseleers, Tom ; Dawson, Jenny ; Hutchinson, Stuart ; Boswell, Tom ; Ratnieks, Francis L.W.



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Research has shown that the wax combs are important in the acquisition of colony odour in the honeybee, Apis mellifera. However, many of these studies were conducted in the laboratory or under artificial conditions. We investigated the role of the wax combs in nestmate recognition in the natural context of bees at colony entrances. Wax combs constructed by each experimental colony were swapped ...

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