Understanding the diversity of insect societies is tied to explaining the mechanisms of reproductive division of labor. Small societies were not expected to use chemical signals or queen pheromones for this purpose. A new study shows that one of them does while using unexpected compounds.

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化学生态学：小型昆虫社会的一种新的皇家香气

了解昆虫社会的多样性与解释劳动分工的机制息息相关。预计小社会不会为此目的使用化学信号或女王信息素。一项新研究表明，其中之一在使用意外化合物时会这样做。