Demography and behaviour of polygyne nests of the supercolonial ant Cataglyphis niger: Does kinship matter?
T. Reiner Brodetzki, G. Brodetzki, O. Feinerman, A. Hefetz
The paper investigates social interactions in polygyne nests of Cataglyphis niger, showing that queens and workers are not necessarily related and workers contribute equally to queen rearing.
bioRxiv · Sep 27, 2018Animal Behavior & Cognition