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age polyethism: a standalone construct

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Social insect biology

division of labour in which workers switch tasks as they age, moving from safer work inside the nest to riskier foraging.

In social insect biology, age polyethism refers to division of labour in which workers switch tasks as they age, moving from safer work inside the nest to riskier foraging. This meaning comes from Seeley (1982) in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.[1]

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References

Seeley, T. D. (1982). Adaptive significance of the age polyethism schedule in honeybee colonies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 11(4), 287-293. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00299306

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