Earlier this year, Smithsonian scientists decoded the pheromones that determine whether bee daughters stay home or leave. It produced surprising clues about how simple insect societies evolve into complex communities

Bee pheromones: Smithsonian scientists reveal how pheromones produced by bee queens influence whether daughters stay to help or leave to reproduce, shedding light on social complexity in insect societies.

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