Animal Behavior: The Orphan Rebellion
Abstract
Summary. After their queen has left with a swarm, orphaned larvae exhibiting rebel traits emerge in honeybee colonies. As adults, these orphans have reduced food glands to feed the colony's larvae and more developed ovaries to selfishly reproduce their own offspring.
- Publication:
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Current Biology
- Pub Date:
- April 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.018
- Bibcode:
- 2012CBio...22.R280N