Saturday, August 4, 2012

Egan:Altruistic Behavior

Honeybee
Apis mellifera Linnaeus

This video demonstrates how worker bees demonstrate altruistic behavior as they put their own lives at risk by working of the queen bee so they are ble to aid her in having the ultimate reproductive success. The worker bees in the hive are relatives of the queen bee, and their only change of achieving fitness as sterile animals is by enabling their queen reproduce by maintaining a safe home with plenty of food.

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