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Wenfu Mao1, Mary A Schuler2, May R Berenbaum1

  • 1Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801-3795, USA.

Science Advances
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PubMed

Keywords:
Apis melliferabeebreadcaste determinationeusocialityhoneyhoneybeephenolicsphytochemistryroyal jelly

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