Alate and delate queens

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Alate and delate queens

Post: # 26140Post Antsinohio
Sat Jul 22, 2017 12:26 am

Are delates in a colony always fertile? I found a crematogaster cerasi colony and they have multiple delate queens.

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Re: Alate and delate queens

Post: # 27472Post JackPayne
Sun Jul 30, 2017 11:02 pm

Not always, if they'd are for somehow incapable of laying eggs, they will simply take the role of a large worker!
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