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No differences were observed between the species diversity of pollen gathered by colonies with artificially reduced worker genetic diversity and those derived from naturally mated queens. Such a result does not support the hypothesis that polyandry increases colony fitness in which a genetic basis is created for using a wider range of food sources.
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Woyciechowski, M., Warakomska, Z. Worker's genetic diversity has no relation to pollen diversity in a honey bee colony (Apis mellifera L.). J. Ethol. 12, 163–167 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02350060
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