Larger laboratory colonies consume proportionally less energy and have lower per capita brood production in Temnothorax ants T. T. CaoA. Dornhaus Research Article 11 September 2012 Pages: 1 - 5
Opportunist slave-making ants Myrmoxenus ravouxi discriminate different host species from a non-host species O. DelattreN. ChâlineP. Jaisson Research Article 12 October 2012 Pages: 7 - 13
Buying time for colony mates: the anti-predatory function of soldiers in the eusocial aphid Ceratovacuna japonica (Homoptera, Hormaphidinae) M. HattoriO. KishidaT. Itino Research Article 23 September 2012 Pages: 15 - 21
On the relationship between aggression and reproduction in pairs of orphaned worker bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) E. D. SibbaldC. M. S. Plowright Research Article 29 September 2012 Pages: 23 - 30
The diversity and host specificity of mites associated with ants: the roles of ecological and life history traits of ant hosts K. U. CampbellH. KlompenT. O. Crist Research Article 09 October 2012 Pages: 31 - 41
Wingless and intermorphic males in the ant Cardiocondyla venustula J. HeinzeV. AumeierA. Schrempf Research Article 25 October 2012 Pages: 43 - 48
A ten-year comparative study of the population dynamics and parasitoidism in the native paper wasp Polistes fuscatus and the invasive P. dominulus G. L. MillerC. R. DonnellyG. J. Gamboa Research Article 05 November 2012 Pages: 49 - 56
Choice behaviour of Myrmica rubra workers between ant larvae and larvae of their Phengaris (Maculinea) nausithous nest parasites G. SolazzoR. F. A. MoritzJ. Settele Research Article 11 November 2012 Pages: 57 - 64
The effects of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queen reproductive potential on colony growth J. RangelJ. J. KellerD. R. Tarpy Research Article 20 November 2012 Pages: 65 - 73
Dispersal of non-myrmecochorous plants by a “keystone disperser” ant in a Mediterranean habitat reveals asymmetric interdependence Á. BarrosoF. AmorR. R. Boulay Research Article 25 November 2012 Pages: 75 - 86
Organic linings in nests of the fire ants Solenopsis electra Forel and Solenopsis nr. macdonaghi Santschi from Argentina J. F. GeniseF. CuezzoM. Krause Research Article 24 November 2012 Pages: 87 - 91
Colony size does not predict foraging distance in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus: a puzzle for standard scaling models S. E. BengstonA. Dornhaus RESEARCH ARTICLE 25 November 2012 Pages: 93 - 96
Inbred and outbred honey bees (Apis mellifera) have similar innate immune responses G. M. LeeM. J. F. BrownB. P. Oldroyd Research Article 27 November 2012 Pages: 97 - 102
Estimating density of ant nests using distance sampling F. B. BaccaroG. Ferraz Research Article 13 December 2012 Pages: 103 - 110
A technique to artificially inseminate leafcutter ants S. P. A. den BoerJ. J. BoomsmaB. Baer Technical Article 07 December 2012 Pages: 111 - 118
International Union for the Study of Social Insects Report of Secretary-General Joan M. Herbers Annual Report 29 December 2012 Pages: 121 - 122