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Remaining queen-laid (diamonds) and worker-laid (triangles) male eggs (mean ± SD) after 0, 2, 4, and 24 h in the three test colonies. After 24 h, significantly more queen-laid eggs than worker-laid eggs remained (χ2 = 82.5, df = 2, P < 0.001).