eusocial
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The sociable, or eusocial, nature of naked mole rat communities means they're basically all siblings or cousins.
From Salon • May 11, 2025
In bees and other eusocial organisms, a single queen produces offspring, and workers are sterile, so natural selection operates on the entire nest.
From Scientific American • May 21, 2020
Like bees, they are eusocial: they have a bewildering array of different forms and a single monarch, the Grand Lunar.
From Nature • Jul. 8, 2019
Honeybees are eusocial creatures, making them one of the most studied insects on the planet.
From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2018
They are eusocial creatures—eusociality being the highest level of animal sociality recognized by sociobiologists, characterized by a division of reproductive labor between fertile and non-fertile castes, and by the collective care of the young.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018
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