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Division of Labor Associated with Brood Rearing in the Honey Bee: How Does It Translate to Colony Fitness?

Division of labor is a striking feature observed in honey bees and many other social insects. Division of labor has been claimed to benefit fitness. In honey bees, the adult work force may be viewed as divided between non-foraging hive bees that rear brood and maintain the nest, and foragers that co...

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Autores principales: Sagili, Ramesh R., Pankiw, Tanya, Metz, Bradley N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3035648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21347428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016785