Social insect colonies have evolved many collectively performed adaptations that reduce the
impact of infectious disease and that are expected to maximize their fitness. This colony …

Insect societies face many social parasites that exploit their altruistic behaviours or their
resources. Due to the fitness costs these social parasites incur, hosts have evolved various …

Bees play a key role in ecosystem services as the main pollinators of numerous flowering
plants. Studying factors influencing their foraging behavior is relevant not only to understand …

The artificial production of Ophiocordyceps sinensis mycelia and fruiting bodies and the
Chinese cordyceps has been established. However, the volatile components from these O …

Eusociality has evolved multiple times across the insect phylogeny. Social insects with
greater levels of social complexity tend to exhibit specialized castes with low levels of …

Cooperative groups can increase fitness either by helping kin or interacting with unlike
individuals to produce social heterosis. They cannot, however, simultaneously maximize …

Chemical cues are among the most important information-sharing mechanisms in insect
societies, in which cuticular hydrocarbons play a central role, eg, from nestmate recognition …

Eusocial insect colonies are vulnerable to exploitation by egg‐laying workers arising either
as natal reproductive workers or as non‐natal reproductive 'drifting'workers (intraspecific …

In geographic regions with warm winters, invasive yellowjacket wasp colonies (genus
Vespula) often exhibit polygyny (multiple queens) and persist for multiple years, despite …

Animal societies use nestmate recognition to protect against social cheaters and parasites.
In most social insect societies, individuals recognize and exclude any non‐nestmates and …