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Genetic variability affects the behavior of foragers in a feral honeybee colony

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    Present address: Department of Entomology, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

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  2. Department of Entomology, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

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Dreller, C., Fondrk, M.K. & Page, R.E. Genetic variability affects the behavior of foragers in a feral honeybee colony. Naturwissenschaften 82, 243–245 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01133602

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