255 - Stay out! The perils of commercial bumble colonies to wild

255 - Stay out! The perils of commercial bumble colonies to wild queens.

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Bumble bee queens have been known to try and take over already established nests. Sometimes they manage to take over the nest and increase their own reproductive success. But according to new research from Heather Grab this is not what happens when a wild bumble bee queen tries to take over a commercial bumble bee colony.

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