New paper on laying workers - quite interesting

Not sure if everyone will be able to read the full article :

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/...822(13)00770-7

Queenless colonies functioned as a collective of reproductive and behaviorally generalist bees that cooperatively maintained and defended their nest. Laying workers therefore show a mix of selfish personal reproduction and altruistic cooperative behavior, and the queenless state reveals previously unrecognized plasticity in honeybee social organization.