A comprehensive, multi-author treatise on the social insects of the world, with some auxiliary attention to such adjacent topics as subsocial insects and social

Find out everything you ever wanted to know about insects in this comprehensive encyclopedia

Awarded Best Reference by the New York Public Library (2004), Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE (2003), and AAP/PSP 2003 Best Single Volume Reference/Science

From the publisher. This beautifully illustrated book provides an overview of the world of insects. The encyclopedia of insect species is organized according to

Preface: This book concerns the lives of those insects that live in colonies and whose activities center about the queen tended by her six-footed subjects. Incl