Social insects

Wax on, wax off: Nest soil facilitates indirect transfer of recognition cues between ant nestmates
Social animals use recognition cues to discriminate between group members and non-members. These recognition cues may be conceptualized …
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Eusociality evolved in full sib families only
The paper by Nowak et al. has the evolution of eusociality as its title, but it is mostly about something else. It argues against …
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Queen pheromones: The chemical crown governing insect social life
Group-living species produce signals that alter the behavior and even the physiology of their social partners. Social insects possess …
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Queen pheromones: The chemical crown governing insect social life
Identification of an ant queen pheromone regulating worker sterility
The selective forces that shape and maintain eusocial societies are an enduring puzzle in evolutionary biology. Ordinarily sterile …
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Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations
Social insects offer unique opportunities to test predictions regarding the evolution of cooperation, life histories and communication. …
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Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations