The family Vespidae represents a key group to understand the evolutionary trajectory of
social behavior in insects, as these wasps display the entire spectrum of social behaviors …

In insect societies, both queens and workers produce chemicals that reliably signal caste
membership and reproductive status. The mechanisms that help to maintain the honesty of …

In social insects, it has been suggested that reproduction and the production of particular
fertility-linked cuticular hydrocarbons (CHC) may be under shared juvenile hormone (JH) …

Highlights•JH regulates the temporal polyethism in the common wasp, V. vulgaris.•JH
analogue methoprene sped up the transition from intranidal to foraging tasks.•JH has a …

Simple Summary In diverse animal species, individuals establish dominance hierarchies by
means of agonistic interactions. Dominance rank is functionally significant because it affects …

The functioning of biological systems relies on the cooperation of specialized components
and understanding the processes that produce such specialization is a major challenge in …

Both the hydrocarbons present in the cuticle of social wasps, as the material of the nest have
compounds that are responsible for mediating the interactions between individuals within …

Phenotypic divergence plays an important role in establishment of the reproductive division
of labor among castes in social insects; however, little is known about this subject in …

In social insects, juvenile hormone (JH) affects the degree of ovarian development,
reproductive status, and temporal polyethism in workers. JH also contributes to determining …

Juvenile Hormone (JH) is considered the main determinant of caste in social insects, though
little is known about how this hormone acts in social wasps, especially the independent …