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S-DSC_1253-nasonov_.JPG A false queen laying eggs and being surround by a worker retinue. This only happens in a laying worker colony. ThumbnailsA false queen laying eggs and being surround by a worker retinue. This only happens in a laying worker colony. ThumbnailsA false queen laying eggs and being surround by a worker retinue. This only happens in a laying worker colony. Thumbnails

A worker bee exposing her Nasonov gland releasing a "homing" pheromone, telling nestmates to come home.

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