Behaviour or control that reduces the success of selfish actions by other group members. Selection on policing depends on its costs, effects on productivity and genetic or direct benefits to the policing party.
Suppression of worker reproduction by other workers, including discriminatory removal of worker-laid eggs. Genetic incentives and effects on colony productivity can both matter.
Conditional reduction of benefits to a partner that supplies a poor service, potentially changing the returns to exploitation. An immediate physiological response and its evolutionary explanation should be distinguished.
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