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Date: Fri, Dec 08, 2006, 12:00 AM PST
Though promiscuity may be risky behavior for humans, it's healthy for honeybees: Queen honeybees who indulge in sexual surfeits with multiple drones produce more disease-resistant colonies than monogamous monarchs, according to a new study.<br><br><a href='http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec06/promiscuous.queens.sl.html' target='_blank'>http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec06/promiscuous.queens.sl.html</a><br><br>
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