The Existence of Workers Among Honey Bees and Other Eusocial

question 10

Multiple Choice

The existence of workers among honey bees and other eusocial insects is considered a Darwinian puzzle because

• A) these workers are largely sterile and so should be eliminated over time by natural selection.
• B) Darwin felt that the self-sacrificing behavior of these insects could not be explained by the theory of group selection.
• C) the self-sacrificing workers do not live as long as the queens of the same species of eusocial insects.
• D) queens with a large worker force produce more reproductive sons and daughters than those with a small worker force.

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