... of metabolic tasks between organelles, cells, organs and, in the case of eusocial organisms, between the individuals that comprise the ‘superorganism’. Exemplifying this, nurse honey bees maintain high abdominal lipids, while foragers have very low lipid stores, likely contributing to efficient performance...

... in the higher eusocial Hymenoptera . Q Rev. Biol.   63 , 291 - 311 . 10.1086/415930 Büning , J. ( 1994 ). The Insect Ovary: Ultrastructure, Previtellogenic Growth and Evolution . Springer Science & Business Media . Cardinal , S. and Danforth , B. N. ( 2011 ). The antiquity...

... the co-opting of nutritional status to regulate division of labour in social insect colonies. Eusociality Reproduction Nutrition Fat content Clonality Formicidae Insect societies are typically characterized by a well-ordered division of labour among their nestmates. While egg layers...

...Nadejda Tsvetkov; Chelsea N. Cook; Amro Zayed ABSTRACT In animals that experience interactions with conspecifics while young, social interactions appear to be a necessary prerequisite for typical behaviour. Eusocial insects have large colonies where individuals experience a large number of social...

... development social wasp caste differentiation eusociality Many species of social insects such as ants, bees, wasps and termites live in colonies showing high levels of cooperation and division of labour. These features are achieved by the differentiation of colony members into one or a small number...