Chemical signatures of honey bee group membership develop via a socially-modulated innate process
C. Vernier, J. Krupp, K. Marcus, A. Hefetz, J. Levine, Y. Ben-Shahar
This study shows that honey bee nestmate recognition cues develop through age-dependent chemical transitions driven by innate pathways and modulated by social factors, not via a passive homogenization process.
bioRxiv · Sep 9, 2018Animal Behavior & Cognition