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Title:		Regulation of queen number by workers in colonies of social insects
Author(s):		Fletcher DJ; Blum MS;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1983
Volume:		219
Issue:		4582
Page Number:		312 - 314
DOI:		10.1126/science.219.4582.312
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Experiments with fire ants suggest that queen pheromones act quantitatively in the regulation of queen number in colonies of social insects. Specific mechanisms probably include recognition by workers of unique quantitative blends of pheromones produced by queens, and quantitative effects of pheromones acting at the level of the colony on workers and at the level of the individual on queens. Several aspects of this quantitative hypothesis of pheromone action were tested"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEFletcher, D J Blum, M S eng 1983/01/21 Science. 1983 Jan 21; 219(4582):312-4. doi: 10.1126/science.219.4582.312"