Social complexity in bees is not sufficient to explain lack of reversions to solitary living over long time scales
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The major lineages of eusocial insects, the ants, termites, stingless bees, honeybees and vespid wasps, all have ancient origins (≥ 65 mya) with no reversions to solitary behaviour. This has prompted the notion of a 'point of no...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/246 |