Social Insects: Bees, Wasps, Ants and Termites.
While insects have proved that they can be detrimental to our health, many insects are also beneficial.. Many plants depend on insects for pollination, and some insects are responsible for the aeration of soil.. In the preceding I have discussed why an organism is considered an insect, disease causing insects, why insects are such good vectors, and beneficial insects.
SOCIAL STRUCTURE A bee colony has about 20,000 workers, one queen and about two dozen drones. If there is more than one queen in a hive, as happens in breeding season, then the phenomenon is known as pleometrosis. Queen is the fertile female and can lay up to 3000 eggs per day, which is twice the weight of her body but normal fecundity is about 600 eggs per day. Queen can produce male or.
Social insects are among the most dominant and prolific of all organisms on earth. In South America,. any insect that interacts with another member of its own species could be called a social insect. But as a rule, entomologists do not regard these behaviors as sufficient justification for classifying a species as truly social (i.e. eusocial). In order to qualify as eusocial, a species must.
Social insects, the ants, social bees, social wasps, and termites, dominate the environment in most terrestrial habitats. From Ellesmere Island in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south, from the heights of the Himalayas to the Dead Sea Valley, social insects occur, and predominate. For example, in rain forests near Manaus, ants and termites form about 30 percent of animal biomass and all.
Social insects, in particular those that live in large nest environments, have evolved complex interaction systems when millions of individuals cooperate for the benefit of the whole colony. However, large insect colonies confront public health problems similar to large human societies. For example, food storage and limitation, waste management and disease transmission. Disease transmission.
Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is a metaphor laden, symbolism heavy social commentary with a vast amount of interpretations. At its core, the short story is a study of a traveling salesman who has lost touch with the world, but it includes many universal themes and events suffered today in capitalistic societies. As Gregor Samsa transforms into his bug-like form, he becomes utterly useless.
Social Insects. Many insects exhibit “social” behaviors (e.g. feeding aggregations, parental care of the young, and communal nest sites). In a broad sense, any insect that interacts with another member of its own species could be called a social insect. But as a rule, entomologists do not regard these behaviors as sufficient justification for classifying a species as truly social.