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Social insect biology

the uncapping and removal of diseased or dead brood by worker honey bees, a heritable colony trait.

In social insect biology, hygienic behaviour refers to the uncapping and removal of diseased or dead brood by worker honey bees, a heritable colony trait. This meaning comes from Rothenbuhler (1964) in American Zoologist.[1]

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Rothenbuhler, W. C. (1964). Behavior genetics of nest gleaning in honey bees. IV. Responses of F₁ and backcross generations to disease-killed brood. American Zoologist, 4(2), 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/4.2.111

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