This paper summarizes the authors recent findings on disease resistance in bumble bees, and interprets the data in light of models of the evolution of eusociality and polyandyry relative to disease resistance mechanisms.
Species 1: Hymenoptera Apidae Bombus terristris (bumble bee)
Keywords: parasite, immune system
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