In a chronically tough job market for stingless bee queens, those with no prospects at home try stealing a crown elsewhere.
ROYAL ACT A queen stingless bee (with green mark) settles her rear into a cell to lay an egg. Stingless bee colonies routinely overproduce potential replacements, and genetic analysis shows that the spares can take over other colonies.
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