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Michael D. Breed

Researcher at University of Colorado Boulder

Publications -  274
Citations -  6350

Michael D. Breed is an academic researcher from University of Colorado Boulder. The author has contributed to research in topics: Honey bee & Apidae. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 265 publications receiving 6013 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael D. Breed include Cornell University & University of Kansas.

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Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

Patrick Abbot, +137 more
- 24 Mar 2011 - 
TL;DR: It is argued that inclusive fitness theory has been of little value in explained the natural world, and that it has led to negligible progress in explaining the evolution of eusociality, but these arguments are based upon a misunderstanding of evolutionary theory and a misrepresentation of the empirical literature.
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Pheromone Communication In Social Insects: Ants, Wasps, Bees, And Termites

TL;DR: This book discusses Nestmate Recognition in Social Insects, Releaser Pheromones in Termites, and the Role of Releasers and Primers in Mass Action in Honey Bees.
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DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR OF HONEY BEES: Organization, Genetics, and Comparisons with Other Bees

TL;DR: Comparisons between A. mellifera and other species of Apis, as well as with allodapine, halictine, bombine, and meliponine bees, illustrate the wide variety of evolutionary solutions to problems in colony defense in the Apoidea.
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Nestmate recognition in honey bees

TL;DR: The experiments described in this paper support the contention that the recognition cue is acquired prior to emergence as an adult, and suggest that the cue probably has a genetic, rather than an environmental, source.