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  • Group genomics drive aggression in honey bees

    Jul 7, 2020 10:45 am by Diana YatesResearch
    Researchers studied a unique population of gentle Africanized honey bees in Puerto Rico. Photo by Manuel A. Giannoni-Guzman

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    • Researchers studied a unique population of gentle Africanized honey bees in Puerto Rico. Photo by Manuel A. Giannoni-Guzman

    'The individual genetic makeup of the bee doesn’t have a strong influence on how aggressive it is. But the genetic makeup of the society that the bees live in has a very strong impact on how aggressive the bees in that colony are.'