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Authors who study behavioural features of social wasps pay attention mainly on feeding behaviour and some aspects of nest building. Results of these investigations are summarized in several reviews and monographs (Wheeler, 1928; Spradbery, 1973; Jeanne, 1980; Brian, 1983). The present paper deals with data on biology, nest building and reproductive activity in Vespula, obtained in a study under field and laboratory conditions.
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Brian M.V. (1983) Social Insects. Ecology and Behavioural Biology, pp. 1–398. London, N.Y.: Chapman and Hill.
Jeanne R.L. (1980) Evolution of social behaviour in the Vespidae. Annual. Rev. Entomol. 25: 371–396.
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Ivanov, V.P. (1990). Behavioural Features and Communication in Social Wasps Vespula (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). In: Gribakin, F.G., Wiese, K., Popov, A.V. (eds) Sensory Systems and Communication in Arthropods. Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6410-7_26
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