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 . Most worker-laid drone eggs are eaten by other workers (a phenomenon known as worker policing).
-. There is some evidence for reduction of working behavior in reproductive workers, thus there may be a reduction in colony fitness if there is too many anarchist bees.
+. There is some evidence for reduction of working behavior in reproductive workers, thus there could be a reduction in colony fitness if there were too many anarchist bees.
-. Sterility in workers is (mostly) regulated by a single //locus//, which (surprinsingly) is called //Anarchy//.
+. Sterility in workers is (mostly) regulated by a single //locus//, called //Anarchy//.
 . In other groups of Hymenoptera, such as pomerine ants, workers can also reproduce sexually, so that a numbers of species have a different type of social organization without the need of the queen caste.
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 ===== Proposed Questions =====
-. Is it possible that worker reproduction may occur at a stable rate without destabilizing the colony as whole?
+  * Is it possible that worker reproduction may occur at a stable rate without destabilizing the colony as a whole?
+  * How does sexual reproduction between workers changes such stability?
-. How does sexual reproduction between workers changes such stability?
 ===== References =====