About the Authors

Christoph Grüter

cg213@sussex.ac.uk

Affiliation Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom

Roger Schürch

Affiliation Social Evolution Research Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom

Tomer J. Czaczkes

Affiliation Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom

Keeley Taylor

Affiliation Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom

Thomas Durance

Affiliation Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom

Sam M. Jones

Affiliation Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom

Francis L. W. Ratnieks

Affiliation Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CG FLWR TJC SMJ. Performed the experiments: TD KT SMJ TJC CG. Analyzed the data: CG. Wrote the paper: CG RS FLWR. Developed the agent-based model: RS CG.