McDonald P, Topoff H
Department of Psychology, Hunter College of CUNY, New York 10021.
Behav Neurosci. 1988 Dec;102(6):986-91. doi: 10.1037/h0090427.
Physical changes are associated with temporal polyethism, the division of labor according to age. The period of developing ovaries corresponds with the age when workers are found with the brood and queen. Resorption of ovaries occurs at a time when workers no longer tend brood and queen. Two bursts of exoskeleton hardening and growth of the poison gland apparatus corresponds with a transitional period in the behavioral development of workers and finally with their development into nest defenders and foragers.
生理变化与时间多型性有关，即根据年龄进行分工。卵巢发育阶段与工蜂照顾幼虫和蜂王的年龄相对应。卵巢退化发生在工蜂不再照顾幼虫和蜂王的时候。外骨骼硬化和毒腺器官生长的两个阶段与工蜂行为发育的过渡阶段相对应，最终与它们发育成为巢穴防御者和觅食者相对应。
