So does this mean the progression of tasks performed by a worker bee is untrue, from cell cleaner to nurse bee to wax production to guard bee to foraging bee? Or only the foragers go through a progression of tasks until they are ready to forage but house bees are always house bees?

<The scientists discovered that the heater bees work to subtly change the temperature of each developing pupae by around a degree and this small change determines what kind of honey bee it will become. 
Those kept at 35 degrees C turn into the intelligent forager bees that leave the nest in search of nectar and pollen. 
Those kept at 34 degrees C emerge as "house keeper" bees that never leave the nest, conducting chores such as feeding the larvae and cleaning the nest. >


Karen Kimball

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