BROOD TIMING. “Simultaneous progressive provisioning, by which multiple larvae are reared at the same time, is especially potent as a preadaptation in the Hymenoptera. From this wholly solitary adaptation, it is but one short step in evolution for adult offspring to remain at the nest and help their mother raise siblings, instead of dispersing to rear brood of their own. In that generation the eusocial colony originates. Then and thereafter, group selection proceeds, uniquely targeting the emergent traits created by the interaction of the colony members.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022