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Record 1 2021-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Beekeeping
DEF

A worker [bee that] lays infertile eggs, producing only drones, usually in [a colony] that [is] queenless.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Élevage des abeilles
CONT

L'ouvrière pondeuse est une femelle non fécondée et non fécondable, car elle ne possède que des ovaires rudimentaires. Lors de la disparition de la reine, certaines d'entre elles tentent de la remplacer et pondent quelques œufs non fécondés, haploïdes, qui ne donneront que des mâles [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
  • Cría de abejas
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