Honeybees with more than two fathers... and no mother!

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Who knows how many fathers and mothers this honeybee has got
 

The rule that animals have one biological father and one mother has been broken by a honeybee. Scientists in Australia discovered bees which carried DNA from two or more fathers but none from a mother. If this wasn't confusing enough, some of these offspring of two fathers and no mother were female!

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