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Reproductive Harmony via Mutual Policing by Workers in Eusocial Hymenoptera

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Fitness, Entomology, Social Insect +19

Worker policing in the honeybee

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Public Policy, Worker Policing, Police Psychology +9

The role of queen pheromones in social insects: queen control or queen signal?

Laurent Keller, Peter Nonacs · Animal Behaviour · 1993 · 505 citations · Full text

Biology, Queen Control, Behavioral Sciences +10

Queen number and sociality in insects

Choice Reviews Online · 1994 · 482 citations

Biology, Serial Polygyny, Natural Sciences +7

Selfish genes: a green beard in the red fire ant

Laurent Keller, Kenneth G. Ross · Nature · 1998 · 427 citations

Biology, Kin Recognition, Natural Sciences +8