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The document discusses colony life cycles and kin structure in social insects. It describes different ways colonies can be founded, such as by a single queen, multiple queens, colony fission where queens and workers start a new colony near the parent colony, and swarming where workers leave with queens to start a new colony. It also discusses parasitic nest founding in some wasps and bees. Colony life cycles and the number of reproductive queens impact the kin structure within colonies.
- Author
- Alexandra Lv
- Language
- EN