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How to Capture Yellow Jackets (and Not Get Stung)
Assistant professor Michael Goodisman's research into the social dynamics of yellow jackets has shown that multiple mating by the queens does not cause conflict within a colony, but instead creates a more successful colony.
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Yellow jackets walk along the surface of a section of their nest in Goodisman's laboratory.
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Dressed in protective gear, graduate student Jennifer Kovacs and assistant professor Michael Goodisman collect yellow jacket nests from an Atlanta resident's yard. The researchers use the nests they collect to study the social dynamics within yellow jacket colonies.
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Assistant professor Michael Goodisman studies the social dynamics of yellow jackets, which includes multiple sex partners, extreme cooperation and a caste system.
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