http://www.mossroot.com/worlds/2007/04/27/bees-and-other-stingers/ The Unauthorized Autobiography of Richard S. Crawford Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:38:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.mossroot.com/worlds/2007/04/27/bees-and-other-stingers/comment-page-1/#comment-29729 f bealle Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:20:37 +0000 http://mossroot.com/worlds/2007/04/27/bees-and-other-stingers/#comment-29729 Wasps making giant nests -- due to coexistence of queens. Same thing is happening with fire ants from S.America. The queens are supposed to die except for one per nest, but this has gone wrong lately and there are many more nests per acre than before. Maybe the environment is more able to support many more ants (or wasps) or maybe the same chemical factor such as pesticide is leading to similar mutations in the wasps and ants. They share genes, after all. Wasps making giant nests — due to coexistence of queens. Same thing is happening with fire ants from S.America. The queens are supposed to die except for one per nest, but this has gone wrong lately and there are many more nests per acre than before. Maybe the environment is more able to support many more ants (or wasps) or maybe the same chemical factor such as pesticide is leading to similar mutations in the wasps and ants. They share genes, after all.

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