title: Evolution: plastic sociality in a sweat bee.
abstract: How and why do bees become social? A transplant experiment shows that sweat bees can adopt a solitary or social lifestyle in response to their environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore, Quartier Sorge, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. Michel.Chapuisat@unil.ch
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chapuisat
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004777:Environment; D005838:Genotype; D005843:Geography; D010641:Phenotype; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D012919:Social Behavior