1. Physiology as a caste-defining feature

   • E. J. H. Robinson

   Review article 13 October 2008 Pages: 1 - 6

2. The effect of juvenile hormone on temporal polyethism in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus

   • J. R. Shorter
   • E. A. Tibbetts

   Research article 15 September 2008 Pages: 7 - 13

3. Worker reproductive competition affects division of labor in a primitively social paperwasp (Polistes instabilis)

   • Y. Molina
   • S. O’Donnell

   Research article 23 September 2008 Pages: 14 - 20

4. Energetics and development of incipient colonies of the harvester termite, Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjöstedt) (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae)

   • R. A. Adam
   • J. D. Mitchell

   Research article 29 September 2008 Pages: 21 - 27

5. Physical contact between soldier and worker is essential in soldier self-regulation of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)

   • S.-L. Dong
   • L. Mao
   • G. Henderson

   Research article 29 September 2008 Pages: 28 - 34

6. Hypoxic conditions and oxygen supply in nests of the mangrove ant, Camponotus anderseni, during and after inundation

   • M. G. Nielsen
   • K. Christian
   • H. Malte

   Research article 29 September 2008 Pages: 35 - 39

7. The ectoparasitic mite Tropilaelaps mercedesae (Acari, Laelapidae) as a vector of honeybee viruses

   • B. Dainat
   • T. Ken
   • P. Neumann

   Reserach article 29 September 2008 Pages: 40 - 43

8. Construction and characterization of a BAC-library for a key pollinator, the bumblebee Bombus terrestris L.

   • L. Wilfert
   • M. Muñoz Torres
   • P. Schmid-Hempel

   Reserach article 13 October 2008 Pages: 44 - 48

9. Colony cycle of a “temperate” hover wasp, Eustenogaster nigra, with special reference to overwintering of males in an enveloped nest together with virgin females (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Stenogastrinae)

   • F. Saito
   • L. T. P. Nguyen
   • J. Kojima

   Research article 13 October 2008 Pages: 49 - 54

10. Complex sociogenetic organization and the origin of unrelated workers in a eusocial sweat bee, Lasioglossum malachurum

    • A. Soro
    • M. Ayasse
    • R. J. Paxton

    Research article 25 October 2008 Pages: 55 - 63

11. Chill out: cooling promotes aggressive behavior in the ant Formica xerophila

    • C. J. Tanner

    Research article 10 December 2008 Pages: 64 - 69

12. Ontogenetic origin of mermithogenic Myrmica phenotypes (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

    • S. Csősz
    • G. Majoros

    Research article 15 December 2008 Pages: 70 - 76

13. Lipid stores, ovary development, and brain gene expression in Polistes metricus females

    • A. L. Toth
    • K. B. J. Bilof
    • G. E. Robinson

    Research article 15 December 2008 Pages: 77 - 84

14. Physiological consequences of prolonged nursing in the honey bee

    • J. Wegener
    • M. W. Lorenz
    • K. Bienefeld

    Research article 29 December 2008 Pages: 85 - 93

15. Multiple mating in the ant Cataglyphis cursor: testing the sperm limitation and the diploid male load hypotheses

    • M. Pearcy
    • I. Timmermans
    • S. Aron

    Research article 15 December 2008 Pages: 94 - 102

16. Several workers lay eggs in the same brood cell in queenless honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies

    • N. C. Chapman
    • M. Beekman
    • B. P. Oldroyd

    Research article 15 December 2008 Pages: 103 - 105

17. Amphisexual care in Acutisoma proximum (Arachnida, Opiliones), a neotropical harvestman with exclusive maternal care

    • B. A. Buzatto
    • G. Machado

    Research article 15 December 2008 Pages: 106 - 108

18. International Union for the Study of Social Insects Report of Secretary-General Joan M. Herbers

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 109