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There are a lot of different social structures in the animal world, but how did animals go from solitary to social, let alone from basic interactions to elaborate societies? The small carpenter bee may be just the beast to tackle this bizarre and fundamental evolutionary question.
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There are a lot of different social structures in the animal world, but how did animals go from solitary to social, let alone from basic interactions to elaborate societies? The small carpenter bee may be just the beast to tackle this bizarre and fundamental evolutionary question.
Did you miss this pin the first time around? Get your own small carpenter bees here! https://complexly.store/products/bb-may-25-small-carpenter-bee
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This month's pin is designed by Sami Mark. You can find out more about him and his work here: samimark.com
You can cancel any time by emailing hello@dftba.com
Follow us on socials:
Instagram: instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow
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Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social
#BizarreBeasts #bees
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Sources:
annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ento-010715-023711
nature.com/articles/374227a0
bugguide.net/node/view/3508
discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Ceratina
discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=Ceratina+calcarata
bugguide.net/node/view/15027
https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/E-252/E-252.html
link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_106-1
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-015-0402-x
sare.org/publications/managing-alternative-pollinators/chapter-three-a-brief-natural-history-of-bees/haplodiploidy
sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/ploidy
honeybeesuite.com/the-spectrum-of-bee-sociality
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080453378003594
nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/animals-shrimp-oceans-queens-evolution
sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/kin-selection
doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.cub.2023.07.005
doi.org/10.4039/n09-056
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/220/23/4456/33702/Effects-of-nutritional-deprivation-on-development
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-016-2194-z
rehanlab.com/uploads/2/1/4/3/21434988/rehan_2020_encyclopedia_of_social_insects_-_small_carpenter_bees.pdf
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01804.x
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347214003352
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00040-010-0097-y
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347214003352?via%3Dihub
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022519364900396
academic.oup.com/icb/article-abstract/57/3/640/3897162
brill.com/view/journals/beh/153/12/article-p1365_1.xml
cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/abstract/S0169-5347(15)00126-3
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Images:
docs.google.com/document/d/1A4hzM-q91tRJsm4fE885k7L-dhKVJEGA34kDzLUj4hg/edit?usp=sharing
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