Social networks predict the life and death of honey bees

oleh: Benjamin Wild, David M. Dormagen, Adrian Zachariae, Michael L. Smith, Kirsten S. Traynor, Dirk Brockmann, Iain D. Couzin, Tim Landgraf

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01

Deskripsi

Honey bee workers take on different tasks for the colony as they age. Here, the authors develop a method to extract a descriptor of the individuals’ social networks and show that interaction patterns predict task allocation and distinguish different developmental trajectories.