1. Population genetics of the socially polymorphic ant Formica podzolica

   • C. J. DeHeer
   • J. M. Herbers

   Research article Pages: 309 - 316

2. Self-assemblage formation in a social insect: the protective curtain of a honey bee swarm

   • S. M. Cully
   • T. D. Seeley

   Research article Pages: 317 - 324

3. Sexual and asexual colony foundation and the mechanism of facultative parthenogenesis in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)

   • K. Matsuura
   • M. Fujimoto
   • K. Goka

   Research article Pages: 325 - 332

4. Nesting biology of the fungus growing ants Mycetarotes Emery (Attini, Formicidae)

   • S. E. Solomon
   • U. G. Mueller
   • H. L. Vasconcelos

   Research article Pages: 333 - 338

5. Antibacterial activity of larval saliva of the European paper wasp Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

   • S. Turillazzi
   • B. Perito
   • M. Tancredi

   Research article Pages: 339 - 341

6. Combat between large derived societies: A subterranean army ant established as a predator of mature leaf-cutting ant colonies

   • S. Powell
   • E. Clark

   Research article Pages: 342 - 351

7. Caste-specific gene expression in the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata – Are there common patterns in highly eusocial bees?

   • C. Judice
   • K. Hartfelder
   • G. A. G. Pereira

   Research article Pages: 352 - 358

8. Seasonal nest usurpation of European colonies by African swarms in Arizona, USA

   • S. S. Schneider
   • T. Deeby
   • G. DeGrandi-Hoffman

   Research article Pages: 359 - 364

9. Molecular phylogeny of the Rhinotermitidae

   • N. Lo
   • O. Kitade
   • T. Matsumoto

   Research article Pages: 365 - 371

10. Colony structure and sex allocation ratios in the ant Temnothorax crassispinus

    • M. Strätz
    • J. Heinze

    Research article Pages: 372 - 377

11. Colony structure in introduced and native populations of the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile

    • N. E. Heller

    Research article Pages: 378 - 386

12. A test of adaptive hypotheses: Mandibular traits, nest construction materials, and feeding habits in neotropical social wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae)

    • C. E. Sarmiento

    Research article Pages: 387 - 391

13. Worker-worker inhibition of honey bee behavioural development independent of queen and brood

    • I. Leoncini
    • D. Crauser
    • Y. Le Conte

    Research article Pages: 392 - 394

14. Evolution of miniaturisation in inquiline parasitic ants: Timing of male elimination in Plagiolepis pygmaea, the host of Plagiolepis xene

    • S. Aron
    • L. Passera
    • L. Keller

    Research article Pages: 395 - 399

15. Nesting biology and social structure of Euglossa (Euglossa) townsendi Cockerell (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini)

    • S. C. Augusto
    • C. A. Garófalo

    Research article Pages: 400 - 409

16. Social mutilation in the Ponerine ant Diacamma: cues originate in the victims

    • K. Ramaswamy
    • C. Peeters
    • R. Gadagkar

    Research article Pages: 410 - 413