Coordination Between the Sexes Constrains the Optimization of Reproductive Timing in Honey Bee Colonies

Abstract Honeybees are an excellent model system for examining how trade-offs shape reproductive timing in organisms with seasonal environments. Honeybee colonies reproduce two ways: producing swarms comprising a queen and thousands of workers or producing males (drones). There is an energetic trade...

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Main Authors: Natalie J. Lemanski, Nina H. Fefferman
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/7267d97756bc403e832fc3c10a7e3f89
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