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The examples of the chinook salmon and seed beetles indicate that females, in general, can...

The examples of the chinook salmon and seed beetles indicate that females, in general, cannot produce many large eggs. Instead, they must choose between producing many small eggs or producing a few large eggs (and sometimes, in unfortunate cases, just a few small eggs). Explain, then, how it is possible for a queen honeybee to produce a very large number of relatively large eggs. (Hint: Consider what the other bees are doing.) Does this suggest a general way in which a female can escape from the size–number trade-off?

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