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How Bees Choose Their Queen

Name: How Bees Choose Their Queen
Uploaded: 2015-07-07T00:03:19+00:00
Duration: 3 min 59 s

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Have you heard of royal jelly? It may sound like a fancy breakfast topping, but for bees, it’s what makes all the difference between a queen and a worker bee. See what all the buzz is about in this new SciShow video hosted by Hank Green!

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Sources:

http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2011/acs-presspac-september-21-2011/queen-bee-or-worker-bee-new-insights-into-famous-honeybee-society-caste-system.html

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/pr200473a

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/pr200473a?tokenDomain=presspac&tokenAccess=presspac&forwardService=showFullText&journalCode=jprobs