Do Small Social Wasp Colonies Defend Against Large Intruders?

      Against the hypothesis that the ability to defend the brood by stinging is a key enabling mechanism in the origin of sociality in the Hymenoptera, it was claimed that small colonies do not defend the nest against large adversaries. We report on a test of this claim. Using a simulated vertebra...

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Main Authors: Christopher K Starr, Craig A. Western, Aidan D. Farrell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2025-07-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:https://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/11602
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