Encyclopedia of Social Insects

This is a project of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI), the worldwide organizing body for the scientific study of social insects.

Aculeata: phylogeny and classification. - african honey bees. - Allodapini. - Allomones. - Aneuretus simoni. - bees: ecological roles. - bees: phylogeny and classification. - brood care. - brood-stimulation theory [in army ants]. - bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) and Dinoponera. - cape honey bee. - carpenter ants (Camponotus). - caste. - caste differentiation: ants. - caste differentiation: genetic and epigenetic factors. - dacetine ants. - dampwood termites (Archotermopsidae). - defensive strategies. - Diacamma. - Dolichoderinae. - drywood termites (Kalotermitidae). - Ectatomma. - eastern hive bee (Apis cerana). - eusociality. - exocrine glands. - extra-floral nectaries. - fire ants (Solenopsis in part. - Foraminini. - Formicinae. - fossil social insects. - fungus-gardening ants.