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Recognition and Avoidance of Contaminated Flowers by Foraging Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

Bumblebee colonies are founded by a single-mated queen. Due to this life history trait, bumblebees are more susceptible to parasites and diseases than polyandrous and/or polygynous social insects. A greater resistance towards parasites is shown when the genetic variability within a colony is increas...

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Autores principales: Fouks, Bertrand, Lattorff, H. Michael G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3200320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22039462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026328