We compared the published cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profiles of 78 ant species across 5
subfamilies. Almost 1,000 CHCs have been described for these species, composing 187 …

Chemical messengers are the primary mode of intracolony communication in the majority of
social insect species. Chemically transmitted information plays a major role in nestmate …

Background Immune response pathways have been relatively well-conserved across animal
species, with similar systems in both mammals and invertebrates. Interestingly, honey bees …

Confirmation bias is a tendency of people to interpret information in a way that confirms their
expectations. A long recognized phenomenon in human psychology, confirmation bias can …

Large social insect colonies exhibit a remarkable ability for recognizing group members via
colony-specific cuticular pheromonal signatures. Previous work suggested that in some ant …

Mutualistic interactions between organisms depend on the ability of each partner to
recognize the other. In ant–aphid mutualisms, ants have to recognize whether an aphid …

Animals such as social insects that live in colonies can recognize intruders from other
colonies of the same or different species using colony-specific odors. Such colony odors …

Symbiont choice has been proposed to play an important role in sha** many symbiotic
relationships, including the fungus-growing ant–microbe mutualism. Over millions of years …

In many species, chemical communication is a determining factor in mate choice. Some
species use the composition of cuticular compounds to discriminate between potential …

Background Juvenile hormone (JH) plays an important role in honeybee development and
the regulation of age-related division of labor. However, honeybees can be exposed to …