A hive may remain full of bees after a new queen arrives, but does this mean the same colony…

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A hive may remain full of bees after a new queen arrives, but does this mean the same colony…
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A hive may remain full of bees after a new queen arrives, but does this mean the same colony has survived? Researchers Hannes Bonhoff from Lund University and Heikki Helanterä from the University of Oulu propose a different interpretation. In a review published in the journal Insectes Sociaux, they link colony identity to the queen and her genetic composition. The debate centers on the definition of biological continuity.

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