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8 – Flight and Colony Foundation*

W.L. Nutting
- pp 233-282
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The article was published on 1969-01-01. It has received 304 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Foundation (engineering).

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Sperm competition and its evolutionary consequences in the insects

TL;DR: In this article, Simpson et al. describe a method to solve the problem of homonymity in Bee W l d 34, 14) and show that it works well in beekeeping.
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The evolution of male traits in social insects

TL;DR: An evolutionary framework for testing sexual selection and sperm competition theory across the advanced eusocial insects (ants, wasps, bees, termites) is developed and two areas related to premating sexual selection (sexual dimorphism and male mate number) that have remained understudied are highlighted.
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The nutritional value of invertebrates with emphasis on ants and termites as food for mammals

TL;DR: It is concluded that most invertebrate-eating mammals choose prey based on availability and other aspects of prey biology and not on gross nutritional factors, and the problems associated with eating ants and termites are discussed.