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Record 1 2018-02-21

English

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

The queen can lay drone (unfertilized) eggs in the drone cells.

French

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

Lorsqu'on laisse les abeilles libres de construire à leur guise, elles s'empressent le plus souvent de construire en cellules de mâles, ce qui a de multiples inconvénients, car lorsque cela se passe dans le nid à couvain, la Reine y pond, bien entendu, des œufs non fécondés - c'est la différence avec les œufs d'ouvrières qui le sont - et ces œufs donnent naissance à des mâles [...]

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