“…Both queens and workers in the eusocial Hymenoptera frequently police other individuals' reproduction, especially via egg eating, with queens typically eating workers' eggs (queen policing) and workers eating eggs laid by other workers (worker policing) (Ratnieks, 1988; Singh & Boomsma, 2015; Wenseleers & Ratnieks, 2006). In many species, this policing acts as a key mechanism to remove eggs laid by natal workers (Foster & Ratnieks, 2001a; Karcher & Ratnieks, 2014; Monnin & Peeters, 1997; Ratnieks & Visscher, 1989; Van Doorn & Heringa, 1986; Wenseleers et al, 2021; Wenseleers & Ratnieks, 2006). The ability to discriminate natal worker‐laid eggs from queen‐laid eggs appears to depend on differences in chemical cues on the surfaces of eggs (Endler et al, 2004; Oi et al, 2015; van Zweden et al, 2009).…”