Foraging Honey Bee (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Foraging Honey Bee

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If the foraging bees are removed from a hive, some young bees develop into foragers much earlier in life than usual. Robinson's lab found that this developmental change is triggered by social cues.

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John Severns

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