1. Interspecific and conspecific colony mergers in the dwarf honey bees Apis andreniformis and A. florea

   • S. Wongvilas
   • S. Deowanish
   • B. P. Oldroyd

   Research Article 27 February 2010 Pages: 251 - 255

2. First detailed report of brood parasitoidism in the invasive population of the paper wasp Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in North America

   • A. A. Madden
   • M. M. Davis
   • P. T. Starks

   Research Article 24 February 2010 Pages: 257 - 260

   

3. Hypogaeic pitfall traps: methodological advances and remarks to improve the sampling of a hidden ant fauna

   • F. A. Schmidt
   • R. R. C. Solar

   Research Article 09 March 2010 Pages: 261 - 266

   

4. Control of nest water losses through building behavior in leaf-cutting ants (Acromyrmex heyeri)

   • M. Bollazzi
   • F. Roces

   Research Article 06 March 2010 Pages: 267 - 273

   

5. Temperature and forager body size affect carbohydrate collection in German yellowjackets, Vespula germanica (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

   • J. M. Jandt
   • B. Taylor
   • R. L. Jeanne

   Research Article 26 February 2010 Pages: 275 - 283

   

6. Is the postpharyngeal gland of a solitary digger wasp homologous to ants? Evidence from chemistry and physiology

   • E. Strohm
   • M. Kaltenpoth
   • G. Herzner

   Research Article Open access 02 March 2010 Pages: 285 - 291

   

7. Ant community composition and its relationship with phytophysiognomies in a Brazilian Restinga

   • D. C. Cardoso
   • T. G. Sobrinho
   • J. H. Schoereder

   Research Article 25 February 2010 Pages: 293 - 301

   

8. Relation between termite numbers and the size of their mounds

   • G. Josens
   • K. Soki

   Research Article 03 March 2010 Pages: 303 - 316

   

9. Biological notes on a fungus-growing ant, Trachymyrmex cf. zeteki (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini) attacked by a diverse community of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae)

   • B. Pérez-Ortega
   • H. Fernández-Marín
   • W. T. Wcislo

   Research Article 24 April 2010 Pages: 317 - 322

   

10. Synchronized contractive movement of Amaurobius ferox spiderlings

    • K. W. Kim

    Research Article 18 March 2010 Pages: 323 - 332

    

11. The influence of nest availability on the abundance and diversity of twig-dwelling ants in a Papua New Guinea forest

    • K. Sagata
    • A. L. Mack
    • P. J. Lester

    Research Article 19 March 2010 Pages: 333 - 341

    

12. Competition hierarchy and plant defense in a guild of ants on tropical Passiflora

    • F. F. Xu
    • J. Chen

    Research Article 02 April 2010 Pages: 343 - 349

    

13. Open relationships in the castles of clay: high diversity and low host specificity of Termitomyces fungi associated with fungus-growing termites in Africa

    • Z. B. Osiemo
    • A. Marten
    • R. Brandl

    Research Article 06 April 2010 Pages: 351 - 363

    

14. Erratum to: The queen colony phase of vespine wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

    • M. E. Archer

    Erratum 18 May 2010 Pages: 365 - 365