The regulation of division of labour in social insects is poorly understood. One can still find, in many textbooks, old models about "age polyethism". Here is a nice experimental work in which the behaviour of #ant workers were continuously tracked for 5 months. The transition between nurse to forager tasks is largely age independent. #science #biology #socialinsect #hymenoptera #insect #animalbehaviour #socialnetwork
📄 Richardson et al. (2021) Current Biology 0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.038