1. Conflict over the timing of breeder replacement in vertebrate and invertebrate societies

   • A. G. Hart
   • T. Monnin

   Review article 09 November 2006 Pages: 375 - 389

2. The influence of soil temperature on the nesting cycle of the halictid bee Lasioglossum malachurum

   • N. Weissel
   • O. Mitesser
   • E. Strohm

   Research article 09 November 2006 Pages: 390 - 398

3. Worker policing in the common wasp Vespula vulgaris is not aimed at improving colony hygiene

   • H. Helanterä
   • A. Tofilski
   • F. L. W. Ratnieks

   Research article 09 November 2006 Pages: 399 - 402

4. Testing myrmecochory from the ant’s perspective: The effects of Datura wrightii and D. discolor on queen survival and brood production in Pogonomyrmex californicus

   • W. A. Marussich

   Research article 09 November 2006 Pages: 403 - 411

5. Per-capita productivity in a social wasp: no evidence for a negative effect of colony size

   • A. M. Bouwma
   • E. V. Nordheim
   • R. L. Jeanne

   Research article 09 November 2006 Pages: 412 - 419

6. Colony size affects collective decision-making in the ant Temnothorax albipennis

   • A. Dornhaus
   • N. R. Franks

   Research article 17 November 2006 Pages: 420 - 427

7. Evidence for reproductive isolation between two colour morphs of cavity nesting honey bees (Apis) in south India

   • B. P. Oldroyd
   • M. S. Reddy
   • M. Beekman

   Research article 09 November 2006 Pages: 428 - 434

8. When David and Goliath share a home: Compound nesting of Pyramica and Platythyrea ants

   • K. Yéo
   • M. Molet
   • C. Peeters

   Research article 09 November 2006 Pages: 435 - 438

9. The influence of hybridization on colony structure in the ant species Temnothorax nylanderi and T. crassispinus

   • K. Pusch
   • J. Heinze
   • S. Foitzik

   Research article 09 November 2006 Pages: 439 - 445

10. A preference assay for quantifying symbiont choice in fungus-growing ants (Attini, Formicidae)

    • N. K. Advani
    • U. G. Mueller

    Research article 09 November 2006 Pages: 446 - 455

11. Seasonality, division of labor, and dynamics of colony-level nutrient storage in the ant Pheidole morrisi

    • A. S. Yang

    Research article 09 November 2006 Pages: 456 - 462

12. Tool use by the forest ant Aphaenogaster rudis: Ecology and task allocation

    • V. S. Banschbach
    • A. Brunelle
    • R. L. Yeamans

    Research article 17 November 2006 Pages: 463 - 471

13. Seasonality in foraging behaviour of Constrictotermes cyphergaster (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) in the Caatinga of Northeastern Brazil

    • F. M. S. Moura
    • A. Vasconcellos
    • A. G. Bandeira

    Research article 09 November 2006 Pages: 472 - 479

14. Three queen morphs with alternative nest-founding behaviors in the ant, Temnothorax longispinosus

    • K. J. Howard

    Research article 17 November 2006 Pages: 480 - 488

15. Costs and benefits of joint colony founding in Australian Acacia thrips

    • J. M. Bono
    • B. J. Crespi

    Research Article 09 November 2006 Pages: 489 - 495

16. Kin selection in disguise?

    • G. J. Thompson

    Short communication 09 November 2006 Pages: 496 - 497

17. In memoriam Makoto Matsuura (1941–2005)

    • M. Yoneda

    Original Paper 17 November 2006 Pages: 498 - 498