These parasites are found throughout the social Hymenoptera (i.e., bees, wasps and ants), and have been most intensely studied in ants. The social parasitism that I address here is restricted to ...

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

Diversity of life history traits in the formicine ants. In clockwise direction ... group), which practices dependent and temporary social parasitic colony founding; (C) Formica gynocrates ...

The queens in colonies of social insects, such as ants, bees, and wasps, are considered the veritable embodiment of ...

Even over breakfast here in the rain forest of Queensland, Australia, he's pondering what sort of organism an ant colony amounts to, since it is this social group as a whole, not the individual ...

The Mofu are particularly interested in two types of insects, those involved in the growth and conservation of grain sorghum, their stable crop, and those ants or termites that live in social groups.