Decentralized control of drone comb construction in honey bee colonies

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• honey 97%
• bee 91%
• nest 60%
• rearing 43%
• cell 34%
• regulation 25%
• sex ratio 22%
• insect 17%
• society 14%
• decision making 13%
• analysis 4%
• effect 4%

Agriculture & Biology

• drones (insects) 100%
• honey bee colonies 90%
• combs (social insects) 90%
• nests 19%
• queen insects 17%
• rearing 13%
• insect colonies 11%
• worker bees 11%
• controllers 9%
• direct contact 9%
• decision making 8%
• cells 7%
• honey bees 7%
• sex ratio 7%
• bees 7%