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Reproduction in the social insects is governed by physiological factors within the individual organism and by behavioural factors acting at the colony level. The interaction of these two types of factors is the topic of this chapter.
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Velthuis, H.H.W., Ruttner, F., Crewe, R.M. (1990). Differentiation in Reproductive Physiology and Behaviour During the Development of Laying Worker Honey Bees. In: Engels, W. (eds) Social Insects. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74490-7_10
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