Thermal investigations on social insects

Social insects (honey- and bumblebees, wasps, hornets, ants and termites) are interesting in many aspects, among them the energetic advantages of social life and conquering of unfavourable territories. Own investigations and data from literature deal with the energy metabolism of these insects (except termites because of experimental difficulties), with locomotor activities, energy balances of foraging, energy saving by insulation of wasp nests com pared with the afford to construct the wooden envelope, bee cluster strategy for surviving at low temperatures, and rearing of brood.

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