{"479661":{"#nid":"479661","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Heather Mattila, Wellesley College","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhy promiscuous queens produce busier bees\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022x_MsoNormal\u0022\u003EIn the insect order Hymenoptera (bees, ants, and wasps), promiscuous mating by females is extraordinarily rare.\u0026nbsp; However, in the lineages where it occurs, it is associated with some of the most impressive of the social insects, including all honey bee species (genus \u003Cem\u003EApis\u003C\/em\u003E).\u0026nbsp; Queen promiscuity gives rise to multiple subfamilies of genetically diverse worker bees within the same colony, which has been hypothesized to provide several function benefits to colony members.\u0026nbsp; I will discuss a series of experiments that demonstrate how honey bee queens produce a more productive work force of foragers when they mate multiply, with a focus on the use of the famous \u0022waggle dance\u0022 for facilitating this phenomenon.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Heather Mattila"}],"uid":"27964","created_gmt":"2015-12-16 14:43:28","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:17:23","author":"Jasmine Martin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-02-11T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-02-11T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-02-11T15:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-02-11 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-02-11 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-02-11 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"27071","name":"Jennifer Leavey"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you have questions about logistics or would like to set up an appointment with the speaker, please contact the School of Biology\u0027s administrative office at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:bio-admin@biology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebio-admin@biology.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}