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Can we understand #insect #society - motivation of science communication in terms more of the process than the end point. #scicomm inspiring words from Raghavendra Gadagkar #iisc #wasps #eusociality

We organized a workshop on the link between social complexity and invasiveness in arthropods. Lots of interesting discussion. In 2026, we'll review what we've understood and what we've discovered! 🐝🐜🐛
#SocialInsects #Invasiveness #Eusociality #SocialComplexity #Stellenbosch #LifeCycle

New research article! 📰

Kitade et al. experimentally mixed offspring from R. speratus colonies and showed that simple colony fusion accelerates early colony growth in termites 🌱
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#SocialInsects #Termites #Fusion #GeneticDiversity #Colony #Reticulitermes #Eusociality

MBE | Genomic Features Underlying the Origin of Sociality and the Diversification of Caste Systems in Termites

Fujiwara et al. performed WGS and RNAseq of the termite Zootermopsis nevadensis, finding that gene duplications contributed to eusociality, and that lineage-specific Doublesex-related expression underlies caste diversification pathways.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf284

#evobio #molbio #eusociality

Happy to share that our paper ‘a formal theory of group-level adaptation for obligate eusociality’ (with @andygardner.bsky.social) is now out in @jevbio.bsky.social advances.

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

#OpenAccess #Eusociality #GroupAdaptation #FormalDarwinism

Inspirational quote: In the hive of existence, a single waggle dance can redirect the swarm.

In the hive of existence, a single waggle dance can redirect the swarm.

#Eusociality #EmergentBehavior #MicroInfluencers

except the ants don't care. What's interesting is the extent to which we operate enormous complex intelligent systems beyond any of our ken. Pettit and List argued in like 2011 that governments and corporations are the AI.

#AIEthics #AIPhilosophy #moralPhilosophy #eusociality #ants

New research article! 📰

Mikát et al. discovered that C. teunisseni bees exhibit facultative sociality, with social nests peaking late in the season. 🐝
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #BeeBehavior #Ceratina #FacultativeSociality #Eusociality #Nest #Xylocopinae #Apidae

New research article! 📰

Jardim et al. studied personality in H. striatula ants, finding low repeatability in behaviors and no evidence of behavioral syndromes. 🐜
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #AnimalPersonality #Ants #BehavioralScience #Eusociality #Behaviouralsyndrome