A recently mated Lasius niger ant queen has two main options when she founds a nest. She can either 1) found a nest alone or, 2) team up with another queen and found a nest as a pair. The best option and reason is ... A. option 2 - because she can immediately kill and feed on the second queen using her resources to rear her own offspring B. option 1 - because she avoids a competitor C. option 2 - because she will benefit indirectly from the reproduction of the second queen because they are related D. option 2 - because by combining forces with the unrelated queen they produce more workers which increases the success of brood raiding of neighbouring colonies by daughter workers
A recently mated Lasius niger ant queen has two main options when she founds a nest. She can either 1) found a nest alone or, 2) team up with another queen and found a nest as a pair. The best option and reason is ... A. option 2 - because she can immediately kill and feed on the second queen using her resources to rear her own offspring B. option 1 - because she avoids a competitor C. option 2 - because she will benefit indirectly from the reproduction of the second queen because they are related D. option 2 - because by combining forces with the unrelated queen they produce more workers which increases the success of brood raiding of neighbouring colonies by daughter workers
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A recently mated Lasius niger ant queen has two main options when she founds a nest. She can either 1) found a nest alone or, 2) team up with another queen and found a nest as a pair. The best option and reason is ...
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option 2 - because she can immediately kill and feed on the second queen using her resources to rear her own offspring |
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option 1 - because she avoids a competitor |
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option 2 - because she will benefit indirectly from the reproduction of the second queen because they are related |
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D. |
option 2 - because by combining forces with the unrelated queen they produce more workers which increases the success of brood raiding of neighbouring colonies by daughter workers |
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