Pheromone mimicry by Apis mellifera capensis social parasites leads to reproductive anarchy in host Apis mellifera scutellata colonies

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 33, Number 2, March-April 2002 The Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis). From laying workers to social parasites


Page(s)		139 - 163
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2002006

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