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“oligogyny”
The occurrence in a single colony of two or a few other functional queens: Oligogyny is characterized by worker tolerance toward more than one queen, and in the case of antagonism among queens, that are not able to coexist in the same immediate vicinity, the queens are compelled to spread out.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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