POPULATION PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL INSECTS

CONTENTS PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . I . Termites . 394 ( I ) General biology of termite colonies . . . . . . . . . 394 (2) Quantitative data on termite populations . . . . . . . . 394 (3) Potential immortality and foundation of the colony . . . . . . 395 (4) Description of Kulotermes colonies . . . . . . . . . 396 ' 398 ( 5 ) Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . I1 . Ants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( I ) General biology of ant colonies and their foundation . . . . . . (2) Quantitative data on ant populations . . . . . . . . . (3) The early history of ant colonies . . . . . . . . . (4) Fertility and longevity of ants . . . . . . . . . . ( 5 ) Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . I11 . Social wasps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( I ) General biology of wasp colonies . . . . . . . . . (2) Quantitative data on wasp nests . . . . . . . . . (3) Dynamic analysis of the seasonal population trend in a nest of Vespa crabro . . (4) The number of cells in relation to the total annual production of the wasp colony ( 5 ) Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV . Humble-bees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 399 400 401

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