Nutrient exchange theory

…Honeybees are also swarming bees, but the only exception is that the mother queen leaves the colony with some of the workers, and the daughter queen takes over the colony with the remaining workers. Several hypotheses have been proposed for the evolution of the lifestyles of social insects that show such diverse characteristics, including WM Wheeler's trophic exchange hypothesis, but in recent years, various hypotheses such as kin selection, parental manipulation of offspring, and mutualistic interactions have been proposed and have become the subject of lively discussion. [Sakagami Shoichi]. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "trophic exchange theory" is listed below.

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…ミツバチも分封型だが，唯一の例外として母女王が一部のワーカーとともに離巣し，娘女王が残ったワーカーと旧巣をひきつぐ。　以上のような多彩な特性を示す社会性昆虫の生活様式の進化は，従来W.M.ホイーラーの栄養交換説をはじめとして，いくつかの仮説がたてられたが，近年血縁淘汰説，親による子の操作，相利作用などの諸仮説が提議され，活発な論議の対象となっている。【坂上 昭一】。…

※「栄養交換説」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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