Managing the risks and rewards of death in eusocial insects

Bring out your dead: quantifying corpse removal in Bombus terrestris, an annual eusocial insect

(2018) Zoe Munday et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Destructive disinfection of infected brood prevents systemic disease spread in ant colonies

(2018) Christopher D Pull et al.   eLife

A death pheromone, oleic acid, triggers hygienic behavior in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

(2018) Alison McAfee et al.   Scientific Reports

A Chemosensory Protein Gene Si-CSP1 Associated With Necrophoric Behavior in Red Imported Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2017) Hua-Long Qiu et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Necromone Death Cues and Risk Avoidance by the Cricket Acheta domesticus: Effects of Sex and Duration of Exposure

(2017) Vadim Aksenov et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR

Dynamic changes in death cues modulate risks and rewards of corpse management in a social insect

(2016) Qian Sun et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Wild American crows gather around their dead to learn about danger

(2015) Kaeli N. Swift et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

From division of labor to the collective behavior of social insects

(2015) Deborah M. Gordon   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

A search for protein biomarkers links olfactory signal transduction to social immunity

(2015) Maria Guarna et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Differential gene expression between hygienic and non-hygienic honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) hives

(2015) Sébastien Boutin et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Differential necrophoric behaviour of the ant Solenopsis invicta towards fungal-infected corpses of workers and pupae

(2015) H.-L. Qiu et al.   BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Queen Killing Is Linked to High Worker-Worker Relatedness in a Social Wasp

(2015) Kevin J. Loope   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Social immunity and the evolution of group living in insects

(2015) J. Meunier   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cues or meaningless objects? Differential responses of the ant Formica cinerea to corpses of competitors and enslavers

(2014) István Maák et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Keep the nest clean: survival advantages of corpse removal in ants

(2014) L. Diez et al.   Biology Letters

A context-dependent alarm signal in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus

(2014) T. Sasaki et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Ant Colonies Prefer Infected over Uninfected Nest Sites

(2014) Luigi Pontieri et al.   PLoS One

Symbiont-derived β-1,3-glucanases in a social insect: mutualism beyond nutrition

(2014) Rebeca B. Rosengaus et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Bumblebee response thresholds and body size: does worker diversity increase colony performance?

(2013) Jennifer M. Jandt et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Enforcement of Reproductive Synchrony via Policing in a Clonal Ant

(2013) Serafino Teseo et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Corpse Management in Social Insects

(2013) Qian Sun et al.   International Journal of Biological Sciences

Post-mortem Changes in Chemical Profile and their Influence on Corpse Removal in Ants

(2013) Lise Diez et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

High-affinity olfactory receptor for the death-associated odor cadaverine

(2013) A. Hussain et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Predatory cannibalism in Drosophila melanogaster larvae

(2013) Roshan K. Vijendravarma et al.   Nature Communications

Differential undertaking response of a lower termite to congeneric and conspecific corpses

(2013) Qian Sun et al.   Scientific Reports

Hidden aggression in termite workers: plastic defensive behaviour dependent upon social context

(2012) Yuki Ishikawa et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Behavioral responses of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) to a putative alarm cue derived from conspecific and heterospecific sources

(2012) Jason D. Bals et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Necrophobic behavior in small mammals

(2012) George S. Prounis et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

When Subterranean Termites Challenge the Rules of Fungal Epizootics

(2012) Thomas Chouvenc et al.   PLoS One

Do Termites Avoid Carcasses? Behavioral Responses Depend on the Nature of the Carcasses

(2012) Kok-Boon Neoh et al.   PLoS One

Explosive Backpacks in Old Termite Workers

(2012) J. Sobotnik et al.   SCIENCE

Flying distance of frass kicked by the grasshopper Atractomorpha lata and factors affecting the flying distance

(2011) Yosuke TANAKA et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Social immunity in honeybees (Apis mellifera): transcriptome analysis of varroa-hygienic behaviour

(2011) Y. Le Conte et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A review on self-destructive defense behaviors in social insects

(2011) J. R. Shorter et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Burial behaviour by dealates of the termite Pseudacanthotermes spiniger (Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) induced by chemical signals from termite corpses

(2011) T. Chouvenc et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Insect-derived compounds affect the behaviour of Liposcelis bostrychophila: Effects of combination and structure

(2011) Paul W.C. Green   JOURNAL OF STORED PRODUCTS RESEARCH

Evidence of cue synergism in termite corpse response behavior

(2011) Michael D. Ulyshen et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Evolution of Insect Olfaction

(2011) Bill S. Hansson et al.   NEURON

Differential regulation of the foraging gene associated with task behaviors in harvester ants

(2011) Krista K Ingram et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Behavioral mechanisms and morphological symptoms of zombie ants dying from fungal infection

(2011) David P Hughes et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Propolis and bee health: the natural history and significance of resin use by honey bees

(2010) Michael Simone-Finstrom et al.   APIDOLOGIE

The locust foraging gene

(2010) C. Lucas et al.   ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Socio-environmental and endocrine influences on developmental and caste-regulatory gene expression in the eusocial termite Reticulitermes flavipes

(2010) Matthew R Tarver et al.   BMC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Moribund Ants Leave Their Nests to Die in Social Isolation

(2010) Jürgen Heinze et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Interspecific Competition and Territory Defense Mechanisms ofCoptotermes formosanusandCoptotermes gestroi(Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

(2010) Hou-Feng Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Complex undertaking behavior in Temnothorax lichtensteini ant colonies: from corpse-burying behavior to necrophoric behavior

(2010) M. Renucci et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Apparent Synergy Among Defense Mechanisms in Subterranean Termites (Rhinotermitidae) Against Epizootic Events: Limits and Potential for Biological Control

(2010) Thomas Chouvenc et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

The Life of a Dead Ant: The Expression of an Adaptive Extended Phenotype

(2009) Sandra B. Andersen et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Cloning and expression of PKG, a candidate foraging regulating gene in Vespula vulgaris

(2009) Julie Tobback et al.   ANIMAL BIOLOGY

The Ancient Chemistry of Avoiding Risks of Predation and Disease

(2009) M. Yao et al.   Evolutionary Biology

Regulation of brain gene expression in honey bees by brood pheromone

(2009) C. Alaux et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Odorants that Induce Hygienic Behavior in Honeybees: Identification of Volatile Compounds in Chalkbrood-Infected Honeybee Larvae

(2009) Jodi A. I. Swanson et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Inhibition of Metarhizium anisopliae in the alimentary tract of the eastern subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes

(2009) Thomas Chouvenc et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Socialized medicine: Individual and communal disease barriers in honey bees

(2009) Jay D. Evans et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Chemical signals associated with life inhibit necrophoresis in Argentine ants

(2009) D.-H. Choe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Preemptive Defensive Self‐Sacrifice by Ant Workers

(2008) Adam Tofilski et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Manipulation of Host Behavior by Parasitic Insects and Insect Parasites

(2008) Frederic Libersat et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Genetic, Individual, and Group Facilitation of Disease Resistance in Insect Societies

(2008) Noah Wilson-Rich et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Female praying mantids use sexual cannibalism as a foraging strategy to increase fecundity

(2008) K. L. Barry et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Differential gene expression of the honey bee Apis mellifera associated with Varroa destructor infection

(2008) M Navajas et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Symbioses of flagellates and prokaryotes in the gut of lower termites

(2008) Moriya Ohkuma   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY