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Subject:	Re: Terminology
From:	Peter Loring Borst <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:54:58 -0400
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re: castes
However, Brian Johnson limits the worker castes to two:

The results
support there being two castes of within-nest bees. Young
bees specialized on brood care tasks, while middle-aged
bees specialized on nectar processing and nest maintenance.
Middle-aged bees were observed caring for brood in less
than 1% of the observations. Moreover, both castes
exhibited movement patterns that correspond to the
traditional view that nurses stay within the broodnest, while
middle-aged bees move around a great deal in search of
work throughout the nest.

Within-nest temporal polyethism in the honey bee
Brian R. Johnson, Behav Ecol Sociobiol (2008) 62:777–784

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