Selected Sources for Being Queen

Helanterä, Heikki and Liselotte Sundström. 2007. "Worker Reproduction in Formica Ants." The American Naturalist. 170: E14-E25.

Hölldobler, Bert and Edward O. Wilson. 1990. The Ants. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Jemielty, Stephanie, et al. 2005. "Long Live the Queen: Studying Aging in Social Insects." Age. 27:241-248.

Milius, Susan. 2006. "Naked and Not: Two Species of Mole Rats Run Complex Societies Underground." Science News. 24 June 2006. Vol. 169, No. 25.

Monnin, Thibaud, et al. 2002. "Pretender Punishment Induced by Chemical Signalling in a Queenless Ant." Nature. 5 September 2002. 419: 61-65.

Ratnieks, Francis L. W. and Tom Wenseleers. 2005. "Policing Insect Societies." Science. 7 January 2005. Vol. 307, No. 5706, pp. 54-56.

Seeley, Thomas D. and David R. Tarpy. 2007. "Queen Promiscuity Lowers Disease Within Honeybee Colonies." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 7 January 2007. Vol. 274, No. 1606.

Vergoz, Vanina, Haley A. Schreurs, and Alison R. Mercer. 2007. "Queen Pheromone Blocks Aversive Learning in Young Worker Bees." Science. 20 July 2007. 317: 384-386.

Waldbauer, Gilbert. 2000. Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles: How Bugs Find Strength in Numbers. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Master of the Killer Ants

• Jaglavak, Prince of Insects
• Being Queen
• Bugs You Can Eat
• Amazing Ants Game