Sentences with phrase «individuals in social insects»

There has been a long controversy over the factors determining caste development of individuals in social insects.

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The research is elegant in its simplicity, according to entomologist Martha Weiss of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. «It quite clearly shows... individual learning in social insects,» she says.

Humans have intricate memories that allow them to keep track of individuals, but scientists have long thought that social insects like wasps eschew recognition of specific individuals in favor of general social rules that apply to everyone.

In social insects, such behavior is more likely to occur in individuals whose potential for other tasks is diminisheIn social insects, such behavior is more likely to occur in individuals whose potential for other tasks is diminishein individuals whose potential for other tasks is diminished.

The rarity of individuals cooperating in making a structure draws our attention to these ants and only one or two other social insects.