Tagged honeybees wearing number tags

Many insects undergo profound behavioral and morphological changes during their lifetimes which are typically coordinated by hormones. Thus, insects provide excellent subjects for the study of hormone-dependent plasticity. In the case of honeybees, dramatic changes occur as a bee transitions from working in the hive to foragaing. Foraging is a cognitively complex task that requires the use of representational communication. Photo by Zachary Huang.

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