Sociality is classified as one of the major transitions in the evolution of complexity and much
effort has been dedicated to understanding what traits predispose lineages to sociality …

Highlights•The social brain hypothesis does not apply to insects.•Large, complex mushroom
bodies are found in social and solitary species.•Behavioral and sensory ecology drive …

In this paper, a distributed algorithm for adaptive task allocation and adaptable partitioning
of a swarm into different work-groups is proposed and used in a swarm of underwater …

Circadian rhythms in social insects are highly plastic and are modulated by multiple factors.
In addition, complex behaviors such as sun-compass orientation and time learning are …

In this paper, a distributed adaptive partitioning algorithm inspired by division of labor in
honeybees is investigated for its applicability in a swarm of underwater robots in one hand …

The social wasps have a remarkable system of organization in which chemical
communication mediate different behavioral interactions. Among the compounds involved in …

The dominance-nutrition hypothesis predicts that nutritional intake and energetic costs in
adulthood interact to drive behavioral and physiological differences between females in …

In this study, we elucidate the contribution of repetitive DNA sequences to the establishment
of social structures in honeybees (Apis mellifera). Despite recent advancements in …

Recently, it has been hypothesized that some marine parasitic flatworms (trematoda) within
their gastropod hosts form socially organized larval colonies divided into distinct castes …

Eusocial wasps are excellent models for understanding polyethism and division of labor
among castes in social insects. However, little is known about the mechanisms controlling …