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Olfactory associative learning in the Australian stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria by Ludowici, M., Beekman, M., Gloag, R.

“…Flower-visiting social insects use a variety of cues to help them learn and recall which flowers are high-quality resources, including the flower odour. In…”
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Extreme polyandry aids the establishment of invasive populations of a social insect by Ding, G, Xu, H, Oldroyd, B P, Gloag, R S

“…Although monandry is believed to have facilitated the evolution of eusociality, many highly eusocial insects have since evolved extreme polyandry. The…”
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Virgin queen behaviour and controlled mating in the stingless bee Tetragonulacarbonaria (Meliponini) by Bueno, F. G. B., Hajjar, R., Colin, T., Buchmann, G., Latty, T., Gloag, R.

“…Improving knowledge of virgin queen behaviour and mating biology in stingless bees (Meliponini) is an important step towards artificial selection programmes…”
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Impact of empty flowers on foraging choice and movement within floral patches by the honey bee, Apis mellifera by Forster, C. Y., Middleton, E. J. T., Gloag, R., Hochuli, D. F., White, T. E., Latty, T.

“…Floral displays often signal the presence of nectar, but nectar may not always be present due to previous visits by nectarivores or temporal changes in nectar…”
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Australian stingless bees detect odours left at food sources by nestmates, conspecifics and honey bees by Gloag, R., Smith, J. P., Stephens, R. E., Heard, T. A., Beekman, M.

“…Many animals deposit odours in their environment, either intentionally or unintentionally, that remain at a site after the animal itself has left. These odours…”
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The queens of the stingless bees: from egg to adult by Bueno, F. G. B., dos Santos, C. F., Otesbelgue, A., Menezes, C., van Veen, J., Blochtein, B., Gloag, R., Heard, T., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L., Alves, D. A.

“…Queens play an essential role in the colonies of stingless bees. Typically, only one queen occurs in a colony at any time, and she dominates the egg laying…”
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No evidence of queen thelytoky following interspecific crosses of the honey bees Apis cerana and Apis mellifera by Gloag, R., Tan, K., Wang, Y., Song, W., Luo, W., Buchman, G., Beekman, M., Oldroyd, B. P.

“…The human-mediated dispersal of species over geographical boundaries can bring previously isolated sister taxa into contact. Interspecific mating between…”
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Social parasitism by workers in queenless and queenright Apis cerana colonies by NANORK, P, CHAPMAN, N.C, WONGSIRI, S, LIM, J, GLOAG, R.S, OLDROYD, B.P

“…We examined worker reproduction in queenless and queenright Apis cerana colonies to determine if they are parasitized by workers from other nests. The results…”
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Nest defence in a stingless bee: What causes fighting swarms in Trigona carbonaria (Hymenoptera, Meliponini)? by Gloag, R, Heard, T. A, Beekman, M, Oldroyd, B. P

“…The Australian stingless bee Trigona carbonaria sometimes displays a striking collective behaviour, known as a 'fighting swarm' in which thousands of workers…”
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Writing for the JRCPE by Witham, M D, Beveridge, A W, Gloag, R, Egred, M, Bracewell, R M

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No worker reproduction in the Australian stingless bee Trigona carbonaria Smith (Hymenoptera, Apidae) by Gloag, R. S, Beekman, M, Heard, T. A, Oldroyd, B. P

“…Brood of the Australian stingless bee Trigona carbonaria was investigated using microsatellites to determine the origin of males. Genotypes of over 1800 males…”
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Virgin queen behaviour and controlled mating in the stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria (Meliponini) by Bueno, F. G. B., Hajjar, R., Colin, T., Buchmann, G., Latty, T., Gloag, R.

“…Abstract Improving knowledge of virgin queen behaviour and mating biology in stingless bees (Meliponini) is an important step towards artificial selection…”
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