Scientists Discover the Surprising Secret Behind How Honeybees Create Queens
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In a colony of bumblebees, the word “kingdom” has always sounded like inheritance, throne and destiny written from birth. But a new study led by Penn State researchers points right in the opposite direction. The future queen is not born simply marked by her genes, but can be guided by the workers who feed her during her early days of life. The finding is important because it changes the way we understand these insect societies. At the bottom, wh…
Scientists discover the surprising secret behind how honeybees create queens
For many years, scientists believed that becoming a queen honeybee was mainly a matter of diet. The idea was simple: feed a young larva large amounts of royal jelly, and it would develop into a queen instead of an ordinary worker bee. However, a new study has revealed that the process is far more complex. […] The post Scientists discover the surprising secret behind how honeybees create queens appeared first on Knowridge Science Report.
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