Absence of Nepotism in Waggle Communication of Honeybees (Apis mellifera)

The polyandrous mating behavior of the honeybee queen increases the genetic variability among her worker offspring and the workers of particular subfamilies tend to have a genetic predisposition for tasks preference. In this study, we intended to understand whether there is nepotism in dance communi...

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Main Authors: Zhang Zu Yun, Li Zhen, Huang Qiang, Jiang Wu Jun, Zeng Zhi Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of Apicultural Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2020-0021