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Kin recognition labels of young ant workers

✍ Scribed by M. W. J. Crosland

Publisher
Springer
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
881 KB
Volume
36
Category
Article
ISSN
0020-1812

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The ability of worker honey bees to discriminate between kin and non-kin was revealed using a metabolic bioassay. Groups of workers (test group) exposed to odors of unrelated bees (odor group) showed short-term increases in metabolic activity. The magnitude of the metabolic reaction was closely corr