Scientists link honeybees' changing roles throughout their lives to brain chemistry
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 10:31
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have been linking an increasing range of behaviors and inclinations from monogamy to addiction to animals', including humans', underlying biology. To that growing list, they're adding division of labor—at least in killer bees. A report published in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research presents new data that link the amounts of certain neuropeptides in these notorious bees' brains with their jobs inside and outside the hive.