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Title:		Obligate necrophagy in a social bee
Author(s):		Roubik DW;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1982
Volume:		217
Issue:		4564
Page Number:		1059 - 1060
DOI:		10.1126/science.217.4564.1059
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The social bee Trigona hypogea uses carrion instead of pollen as a protein source. Nests lack stored pollen, pollen is absent in larval provisions, and corbiculae for pollen transport on worker hind legs are reduced. Glandular secretions of 20 percent protein content appear to replace stored pollen. Toothed mandibles, pheromonal recruitment to resources, and aggressive foraging behavior facilitated evolution of necrophagy in this tropical forest bee lineage"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINERoubik, D W eng 1982/09/10 Science. 1982 Sep 10; 217(4564):1059-60. doi: 10.1126/science.217.4564.1059"