Social insects exhibit a remarkable array of genetic systems that underpin their complex reproductive ecologies and eusocial organisation. Among these, haplodiploidy and paternal genome elimination ...
Social insects such as ants, termites and some bees organise their colonies around collective nutritional needs that underpin growth, reproduction and ecosystem services. Nutritional ecology examines ...
Measuring the adaptiveness of social insect foraging strategies : an empirical approach / Nigel E. Raine and Lars Chittka -- Social cues and adaptive foraging strategies in ants / Claire Detrain and ...
The queens in colonies of social insects, such as ants, bees, and wasps, are considered the veritable embodiment of specialization in the animal kingdom. The common perception is that the queen's only ...
Several insect species, including ants, honeybees and termites, live in highly organized societies, also known as social insect colonies. Insects living in these colonies can take on different roles, ...
Researchers have discovered early social learning in insects. They found signaling communicated by honey bees about food sources -- transmitted through a 'waggle dance' -- is an intricate form of ...
"With 491 Figures and 26 Tables" --Title page. ENTMAI copy purchased from the Cullman Endowment. Contents Aculeata: phylogeny and classification.- african honey bees.- Allodapini.- Allomones.- ...
As spring gives way to summer, nature’s treasure chest awakens. Earth’s biological wealth sprouts, blooms and clamors. These contents once blanketed the landscape with a thin, life-sustaining fabric, ...
There are 20 quadrillion ants on Earth —that’s 2.5 million ants for every human. Known ant species (members of the family ...
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