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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 2008 Aug;62(10):1621–1631. doi: 10.1007/s00265-008-0591-7

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Hive size is correlated with the specific brood production per bee, indicating more efficient homeostasis or division of labor in larger societies. This effect may reinforce a positive association of individual worker longevity and colony growth.