Monogamous queens help bees cooperate

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 16:30 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research published today in Nature Communications online journal suggests that monogamy and close genetic relationships work together to enhance the cooperative social structure of insects such as bees, wasps and ants.

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