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Science 13 April 1979:
Vol. 204. no. 4389, pp. 207 - 209
DOI: 10.1126/science.204.4389.207
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Honey Caches Help Female Paper Wasps (Polistes annularis) Survive Texas Winters

JOAN E. STRASSMAN 1

1 Department of Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin 78712

Polistes annularis females store honey in their nests in autumn. They return to their nests on warmn winter days, eat honey, and defend itfrom non-sisters. Honey deprivation decreases numbers surviving the winter; females that do survive without honey build smaller spring nests.

Submitted on April 4, 1978
Accepted on August 28, 1978

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