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Oldroyd, B.P., Ratnieks, F.L.W. & Wossler, T.C. Egg-marking pheromones in honey-bees Apis mellifera . Behav Ecol Sociobiol 51, 590–591 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-002-0480-4
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