emcampbell
05-08-2013, 11:22 AM
New paper on laying workers - quite interesting :)
Not sure if everyone will be able to read the full article :
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(13)00770-7
Queenless colonies functioned as a collective of reproductive and behaviorally generalist bees that cooperatively maintained and defended their nest. Laying workers therefore show a mix of selfish personal reproduction and altruistic cooperative behavior, and the queenless state reveals previously unrecognized plasticity in honeybee social organization.
Not sure if everyone will be able to read the full article :
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(13)00770-7
Queenless colonies functioned as a collective of reproductive and behaviorally generalist bees that cooperatively maintained and defended their nest. Laying workers therefore show a mix of selfish personal reproduction and altruistic cooperative behavior, and the queenless state reveals previously unrecognized plasticity in honeybee social organization.