Insect Cribs
Insects have the coolest houses! This is an ode to a few of the most amazing architects in the invertebrate world. We have a Newsletter! Check out our latest: http://bit.ly/2pYZA21 Field...
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Honey bees are the ultimate social creaturesand they've evolved to organize themselves in complex and interesting waysin order toprogress and optimize the productivity of their speciesIn fact, they're what we call "eusocial" animalsThis is a term given to organisms that live in multi-generational groups,cooperatively take care of their young, have a caste system, and have a division of labor.In eusocial societies, the workers, soldiers, caretakers and reproducers are different not only in their behaviorsbut in their physiologies as wellFor instance, a worker bee can't reproduce at all.There can only be one reproducer: the queen bee, and her name is Beyonce.Eusociality has been observed in the order hymenoptera, which includes the b...
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Honey bees are the ultimate social creaturesand they've evolved to organize themselves in complex and interesting waysin order toprogress and optimize the productivity of their speciesIn fact, they're what we call "eusocial" animalsThis is a term given to organisms that live in multi-generational groups,cooperatively take care of their young, have a caste system, and have a division of labor.In eusocial societies, the workers, soldiers, caretakers and reproducers are different not only in their behaviorsbut in their physiologies as wellFor instance, a worker bee can't reproduce at all.There can only be one reproducer: the queen bee, and her name is Beyonce.Eusociality has been observed in the order hymenoptera, which includes the b...
