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Regulation of Oviposition in Social Hymenoptera

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THE rate of increase of population in societies of social insects obviously depends upon the numbers of adults which can be produced per head of the adult population. Ideally, the numbers of eggs laid should be just appropriate to this situation, so that the prevailing food supply may be efficiently transformed.

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    M. V. BRIAN & A. D. BRIAN

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BRIAN, M., BRIAN, A. Regulation of Oviposition in Social Hymenoptera. Nature 161, 854 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161854a0

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