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Worker bees and drones of the species Apis mellifera (sub-species mellifera) were used. They came from populations kept at the Zoological Institute of the University of Zurich and at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics of Tubingen, Germany. The drones were taken from the hive just after eclosion; workers without particular regard to age.

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Ribi, W.A. (1975). Material and Methods. In: The Neurons of the First Optic Ganglion of the Bee (Apis mellifera). Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology / Ergebnisse der Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte / Revues d’anatomie et de morphologie expérimentale, vol 50/4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50057-2_2

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