Queen bees offload pesticide burden to eggs when social buffering is overwhelmed.

Encerrado-Manriquez AM, Fine JD, Litsey E, Baliu-Rodriguez D, Leonard SP, Buchholz BA, Nicklisch SCT

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.06.022
Published: 2026 Aug 3
Container: Current biology : CB
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.cub.2026.06.022,
  title = {Queen bees offload pesticide burden to eggs when social buffering is overwhelmed.},
  author = {Encerrado-Manriquez AM and Fine JD and Litsey E and Baliu-Rodriguez D and Leonard SP and Buchholz BA and Nicklisch SCT},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Current biology : CB},
  doi = {10.1016/j.cub.2026.06.022},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.06.022}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Queen bees offload pesticide burden to eggs when social buffering is overwhelmed.
AU  - Encerrado-Manriquez AM
AU  - Fine JD
AU  - Litsey E
AU  - Baliu-Rodriguez D
AU  - Leonard SP
AU  - Buchholz BA
AU  - Nicklisch SCT
PY  - 2026
JO  - Current biology : CB
DO  - 10.1016/j.cub.2026.06.022
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AM, E., JD, F., E, L., D, B., SP, L., BA, B., & SCT, N. (2026). Queen bees offload pesticide burden to eggs when social buffering is overwhelmed.. Current biology : CB. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.06.022

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