title: Entomology: A Bee Farming a Fungus.
abstract: Farming is done not only by humans, but also by some ant, beetle and termite species. With the discovery of a stingless bee farming a fungus that provides benefits to its larvae, bees can be added to this list.
authors.affiliation: Behaviour and Genetics of Social Insects Lab, School of Biological Sciences A12, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Electronic address: benjamin.oldroyd@sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: Benjamin P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Oldroyd
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen University, PO Boz 309, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Duur K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Aanen
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees; D001517:Coleoptera; D004772:Entomology; D005658:Fungi; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva