Enforced altruism in insect societies

Nature. 2006 Nov 2;444(7115):50. doi: 10.1038/444050a.

Abstract

Cooperation among workers and their seeming altruism result from strict policing by nestmates.

MeSH terms

  • Altruism*
  • Animals
  • Bees / physiology*
  • Biological Evolution
  • Female
  • Male
  • Oviposition / physiology
  • Social Behavior*
  • Wasps / physiology*