"An individual's behavior is clearly strongly influenced by the social cues
and signals (such as pheromones) it receives from other members of its
social group. On a larger scale, the overall behavioral tendencies of the
group can impact the behavior of the individual... When honey bees from
genotypes displaying low levels of hygienic behavior (removal of diseased
larvae) were caged with bees displaying high levels of hygienic behavior,
the low-line bees actually _increased_ their hygienic activity."

Would this suggest that we might increase the hygenic behavior of a colony
simply by introducing whatever pheromone stimulates it?

Eugene Makovec

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