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Social wasps such as yellowjackets live in colonies headed by a single queen.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that social wasps such as yellowjackets live in colonies headed by a single queen?

Partly. Reference works indicate social wasps such as yellowjackets live in colonies, and some sources describe a single founding queen, but a 2021 genetic study of invasive western yellowjackets found many colonies contained multiple queens, so the single-queen generalization is only partly supported.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 2 sources for, 1 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 2
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
2013
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Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. (2013). play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=oZXxlwT3v7oC&source=gbs_api

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Early queen joining and long‐term queen associations in polygyne colonies of an invasive wasp revealed by longitudinal genetic analysis -
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Early queen joining and long‐term queen associations in polygyne colonies of an invasive wasp revealed by longitudinal genetic analysis - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13324

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Early queen joining and long-term queen associations in polygyne colonies of an invasive wasp revealed by longitudinal genetic analysis.
2021
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G, S., M, S., KJ, L., E, W., & J, P. (2021). Early queen joining and long-term queen associations in polygyne colonies of an invasive wasp revealed by longitudinal genetic analysis.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13324

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Endless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps
2022
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Sumner, S. (2022). Endless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=5xpDEAAAQBAJ&dq=Social+wasps+such+as+yellowjackets+live+in+colonies+headed+by+a+single+queen.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

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