I am at the "the hive belongs to the queen" side. 

 

In the development of eusocial bees things started with a single female using a nest, followed by multiple females using a nest, followed by related females using the same nest and communal care for offspring, followed by a single dominant female suppresing reproduction of her sisters leading to a single dominant female suppressing the reproduction of her daughters. 

 

But then this is what I learned in the 90ties. And lately the plant taxonomy I learned was wrecked by molecular fylogeny so the development of eusociality might be different too according to current insights?

 

Lennard
 		 	   		  
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