A. Dornhaus

Inexperienced bumble bees are poor at securely landing regardless of flower orientation or presence of labellum

This study shows inexperienced bumble bees often fail to land on flowers, regardless of flower orientation or labellum presence, highlighting the role of experience in landing success.

Stop and go: exploring alternative mechanisms for task allocation in social insects - response and satisfaction thresholds trade off cost, accuracy, and speed differently

This paper models different task-allocation mechanisms in social insects, showing how response, satisfaction, and composite thresholds trade off speed, cost, and accuracy in task allocation.

The discovery of mixed colonies in Temnothorax ants supports the territoriality hypothesis of dulotic social parasite evolution in myrmicine ants

The paper reports mixed colonies in Temnothorax ants, suggesting territorial contests drive dulotic social parasitism evolution.

Temnothorax rugatulus ants do not change their nest walls in response to environmental humidity

This study tests whether Temnothorax rugatulus ants adjust their nest walls in response to environmental humidity, finding no such response and suggesting porosity preferences are fixed.

Cavity geometry shapes overall ant colony organization through spatial limits but workers maintain fidelity zones

This study shows that nest cavity geometry influences ant colony spatial organization, but worker fidelity zones remain unaffected by shape.