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On Australia's East Coast, two native species\u2014<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>Tetragonula carbonaria<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>Tetragonula hockingsi<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content>\u2014are the most widely propagated in hives, but knowledge of their biology and ecology in natural nests remains poorly documented. Here we monitor a wild population of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>Tetragonula<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content> in remnant forest in south\u2010east Queensland over a 5\u2010year period to assess three aspects of their life history: (i) rates of colony mortality, (ii) rates of queen turnover and (iii) incidences of nest usurpation. The latter occurs when one colony usurps the nest cavity of another, installing its own queen and enslaving the existing workers and brood. The range of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>T.\u00a0hockingsi<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content> has increased in recent decades due to hive trade and southward range expansion. Our study area was located in the southern region of overlap with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>T.\u00a0carbonaria<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content>. A total of 58 wild colonies were identified within the study site (1.5 nests per hectare), three\u2010quarters of which were <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>T.\u00a0carbonaria<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content>. Colony mortality averaged 8.3% per year, such that 40% of colonies had died by the end of the 5\u2010year study interval. Sequencing of mitochondrial\u2010COI and microsatellite genotyping of workers at four time points was used to infer that queen turnover (i.e., queens replaced by daughter queens) typically occurs every 20\u201330\u2009months. Eight cases were detected consistent with interspecific nest usurpation, in all of which <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>T.\u00a0hockingsi<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content> replaced <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>T.\u00a0carbonaria<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content>. However, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>T.\u00a0hockingsi<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content> colonies also had lower annual survivorship than those of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>T.\u00a0carbonaria<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content>, resulting in a stable proportion of each species in the study area over time. 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