Pheromone communication in social insects: ants, wasps, bees, and termites

Abstract

Foreword (Bert Hlldobler. ) Introduction: Sources And Secretions Pheromone Communication in Social Insects: Sources and Secretions (Johan Billen and E. David Morgan. ) The Cuticle and Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Insects: Structure, Function, and Biochemistry (Gary J. Blomquist, Julie A. Tillman, Shuping Mpuru, and Steven J. Seybold. ) Nestmate Recognition In Social Insects Chemical Cues in Kin Recognition: Criteria for Identification, Experimental Approaches, and the Honey Bee as an Example (Michael D. Breed. ) Nestmate Recognition in Ants (Robert K. Vander Meer and Laurence Morel. ) Nest and Nestmate Discrimination in Independent-Founding Paper Wasps (Theresa L. Singer, Karl E. Espelie, and George J. Gamboa. ) Nestmate Recognition in Termites (Jean-Luc Clment and Anne-Genvive Bagnres. ) Social Insect Releaser Pheromones Pheromone Directed Behavior in Ants (R. K. Vander Meer and Leeanne E. Alonso. ) Releaser Pheromones in Termites (Jacques M. Pasteels and Christian Bordereau. ) Chemical Communication in Social Wasps (Peter J. Landolt, Robert L. Jeanne, and Hal C. Reed. ) Exocrine Glands and Their Products in Non- Apis Bees: Chemical, Functional, and Evolutionary Perspectives (Abraham Hefetz. ) Mass Action in Honey Bees: Alarm, Swarming, and the Role of Releaser Pheromones (Justin O. Schmidt. ) Social Insect Primer Pheromones Primer Pheromones in Ants (Edward L. Vargo. ) Primer Pheromones and Possible Soldier Caste Influence on the Evolution of Sociality in Lower Termites (Gregg Henderson. ) Royal Flavours: Honey Bee Queen Pheromones (Keith N. Slessor, Leonard J. Foster, and Mark L. Winston.)