Honeybees reveal that evolution is stranger than you ever realized

Darwin’s idea of natural selection is simple. Good mutations are passed on, because the animals who have them will survive to reproduce. But how do you pass on those good mutations in honeybee colonies, where most bees are sterile workers who never have babies? A group of researchers decided to find out. Photo of a perfect worker bee, with nectar in her belly and pollen on her legs, by Alex Wild Y

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面白い焦点：“most bees are sterile workers who never have babies?”