Thursday, 3 August 2006: 8:00 AM-10:00 PM
Ambassador (Omni Shoreham Hotel)
Posters and Exhibits, Group B
Presenters are required to be at their posters from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. during the evening session.
Revealing symbiosis in the miniature ecosystem of Megalopta bee nests
Natalia B. Biani, William T. Wcislo
Circannual clock regulates Formosan subterranean termite soldier formation
Lixin Mao, Gregg Henderson
Ropalidia marginata: male wasps feed larvae, given an opportunity
Ruchira Sen, Raghavendra Gadagkar
The geographical variability of the secretions of the cephalic labial glands of Bombus pratorum L. males
Olivia Ponchau, Michael Terzo, Murat Aytekin, Irena Valterova, Stéphanie Iserbyt, Denis Michez, Pierre Rasmont
Preliminary studies on social communication in males of Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Edgar Javier Hernandez
A threshold triggering ant trail-laying modified by starvation
Anne-Catherine Mailleux, Detrain Claire, Deneubourg Jean-Louis
Functional ecdysone receptor in the developing mushroom bodies of the carpenter ant, Camponotus japonicus
Kenji Hara
Responsiveness to light and sucrose in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
Jennifer M. Tsuruda, M. Kim Fondrk, Robert E. Page
Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase is related to the biosynthesis of defensive secretion in Nasutitermes takasagoensis (Isoptera: Termitidae)
Masaru Hojo, Tadao Matsumoto, Toru Miura
Sex pheromones and trail-following pheromones in Zootermopsis nevadensis and Z. angusticollis (Isoptera, Termopsidae)
Christian Bordereau, Michael Lacey, Jean Ghostin, Jean-Claude Braekman, David Sillam-Dussès, Alain Robert, Janet S. Shellman, Etienne Sémon
Morphogenesis of the worker spermatheca in poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Ayako Gotoh, Johan Billen, Fuminori Ito
Resin collection: a special job in the organization of honeybee colonies
Jun Nakamura, Thomas D. Seeley
Hierarchy maintenance in the ant Temnothorax unifasciatus
Elisabeth Brunner, Jürgen Heinze
A collaborative cellulose digestion system in the lower termite Reticulitermes flavipes
Xuguo Zhou, Joseph A. Smith, Faith M. Oi, Phillip G. Koehler, Michael E. Scharf
Using simple rules to solve complex problems – Measurements and modeling of army ant swarms
Timothy B. Brown, Fred R. Adler
Compound eye development during caste differentiation in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Kiyoto Maekawa, Sayaka Mizuno, Shigeyuki Koshikawa, Toru Miura
Ontogenesis of morphological caste-intermediates in honeybee female: differences in the tendency toward caste specific forms among external characters
Mariko Miyagawa, Jun Nakamura
Queen signal of the stingless bee Melipona beecheii (Apidae, Meliponini)
Stefan Jarau, Robert Twele, Wittko Francke, Ingrid Aguilar, Johan Van Veen, Manfred Ayasse
Cymbidium devonianum and Cymbidium suavissimum as well as Cymbidium floribundum attracts Japanese honeybees (Apis cerana japonica)
Michio Sugahara
Microsatellite Analyses of Commercial Bumblebees
Isabel Mª Santorroman-Mendizabal, Ana Roldan-Serrano, Jose M. Guerra-Sanz
A Density-Dependent Phase Transition in Colony Foraging Efficiency and Individual Flexibility in Honey Bees
Andreas Loengarov, Valery Tereshko
Are parasitic Cape honeybee workers, Apis mellifera capensis, winning the pheromone contest?
Lee-Ann Noach-Pienaar, Theresa C. Wossler, Michael H. Allsopp
Origin and maintenance of polygyny in ants : the particular case of a highly polygynous brazilian species, Crematogaster sp. prox. abstinens
Rachid Hamidi, Yves Quinet, Jean-Christophe De Biseau
Developmental regulation of the wing polyphenism in aphids
Asano Ishikawa, Toru Miura
Do invasions only occur in remote introduction areas? Evidence from the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata
Jérôme Orivel, Julien Le Breton, Julien Grangier, Francois-Xavier Andrès, Denis Fournier, Arnaud Estoup, Julien Foucaud, Hervé Jourdan, Alain Dejean
Purification and characterization of alpha–glucosidase in Apis cerana
Chanpen Chanchao, Suwisa Pilalum, Rumpalai Padoongsupalai, Polkit Sangvanich, Siriwat Wongsiri, MR Jisnuson Svasti
Influence of termite soldier head extracts on caste differentiation in Reticulitermies flavipes
Matt Tarver, Caitlin Buckspan, Xugou Zhou, Michael E. Scharf
The postembryonic developmental regulation specific to intermorphic queens in Myrmecina nipponica (Hymenoptera; Myrmicinae)
Satoshi Miyazaki, Takahiro Murakami, Noriko Azuma, Seigo Higashi, Toru Miura
Foraging in Temnothorax rugatulus ants: Individual search... rules!
Amelie Schmolke, Anna Dornhaus
Intrinsic caste determination in the termite Reticulitermes kanmonensis
Osamu Kitade, Shiori Odaira, Akiko Asano, Yoshinobu Hayashi
Cryptic Potential Queens in the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata
Anindita Bhadra, Raghavendra Gadagkar
Regulation of Social Behavior by Vitellogenin Gene
Kate E. Ihle, C. Mindy Nelson, Gro V. Amdam, M. Kim Fondrk, Robert E. Page Jr.
Defensive Strategy of Yellow Hornet against Predation by Giant Hornet
Masato Ono
Honey bee use of an en-route landmark over a long distance
Frank Bartlett, Fred C. Dyer
Queen-worker dimorphism in the sperm reservoir of poneromorph ants
Bruno Gobin, Fuminori Ito, Christian Peeters, Johan Billen
Possible Evidence Via Direct Observation for Task Allocation in Reticulitermes Flavipes
Jeff G. Whitman, Brian T. Forschler
Gaseous neurotransmitter/modulator-related genes expressed in the brain of honeybee Apis mellifera
Takayuki Watanabe, Etsuro Ito
Effects of protein constrained brood food on honey bee pollen foraging and colony growth
Ramesh R. Sagili, Tanya Pankiw
Division of labor during the organization of open-air foraging of Syntermes molestus (Termitidae:Nasutitermitinae)
Dayaleth Alfonzo, Solange Issa
Polistes foragers must learn to associate olfactory contextual cues with larval prey
Martha R. Weiss, Erin E. Wilson, Jacob Crawford
Effect of a releaser pheromone on behavior and brain gene expression in honey bees
Cédric Alaux, Gene E. Robinson
Honey bee queen cell provisioning behavior
Thomas C. Webster, Vaishnavi Kothandaraman, Jeff Ashley, Larry Holloway, Daniel Shewa
Invasion of Solenopsis invicta in Puerto Rico
Charito Orengo-Rodríguez
Identification of proteins expressed in region-selective manners in the honeybee brain using proteomics
Yuko Uno, Tomoko Fujiyuki, Mizue Morioka, Hideaki Takeuchi, Takeo Kubo
The mechanism of usurpation of European honey bee nests by Africanized honey bee swarms
David C. Gilley
An open-air foraging behavior of Syntermes molestus (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae)
Dayaleth Alfonzo, Solange Issa
Drone regulation in honeybee colonies: a case for queen-worker cooperation?
Katie E. Wharton, Fred C. Dyer, Zachary Huang, Thomas Getty
Divergent chemical cues elicit seed-collecting in ant-garden ants
Elsa Youngsteadt, Satoshi Nojima, Coby Schal
Kinship and cheating in social aphids
Patrick Abbot
Effects of flight on gene expression in the honey bee brain
Brendon L. Fussnecker, Christina M. Grozinger
Respiration, metabolism and activity level differences between workers with genetic caste determination and normal workers in harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex rugosus and P. barbatus
Glennis E. Julian, Sara Helms Cahan
Exploring the Form and Function of the “Sponge Body” Gland in the Dacetini
Sara Kantarovich, James Nardi, Andrew Suarez
Stress and mortality effects on feeding of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Robert Woodrow, J. Kenneth Grace
Thermal Regulation of Circadian Locomotive Rhythm in the Japanese Honeybee Apis cerana japonica
Taro Fuchikawa, Isamu Shimizu
Can Constraints on Natural Selection explain Interspecific Differences in Dance Error in Apis?
David A. Tanner, P. Kirk Visscher
Variation in the age polyethism of three genetically distinct strains of the honeybee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Adam J. Siegel, M. Kim Fondrk, Robert E. Page
Polymorphism and division of labor in the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex octospinosus (Formicidae: Attini) during cycles of foraging and gardening
Jennifer Lauren Berglund, Mario L. Muscedere, James F.A. Traniello
The role of cuticular hydrocarbons in the parasitic interaction between the cuckoo butterfly, Niphanda fusca, and the host ant, Camponotus japonicus
Masaru K. Hojo, Ayako Wada-Katsumata, Mamiko Ozaki, Ryohei Yamaoka
Recruitment to Food Sources by Foragers of the Stingless Bee, Melipona beecheii
Juliana Rangel
Analysis of liquid excretion and its potential role in the fire ant reproduction
Asha Rao, S. Bradleigh Vinson
Effect of age and oxidative stress on Hsp70 expression in the honey bee, Apis mellifera
Jason B. Williams, Stephen P. Roberts, Michelle M. Elekonich
Age and Brood Care in the Ant Pheidole dentata: Are callows really specialists?
Tara Willey, Mario Muscedere, James F. Traniello
Never Let Them See You Sweat: Extraordinary Thermotolerance and Hsp70 Induction Temperatures in the Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Michelle M. Elekonich, Stephen P. Roberts
Sexual production in the fission-performing ant Aphaenogaster senilis
Raphaël Boulay
Behavioral ontogeny followed by reproductive division of labor in the Japanese ponerine ant Diacamma sp
Okada Yasukazu, Kazuki Tsuji, Toru Miura
BeeBase: Supporting Honey Bee Sociogenomics
Christine G. Elsik, Natalia V. Milshina, Justin T. Reese, Anand Venkatraman, C. Michael Dickens
Primary Polygyny in the Desert Seed-Harvester Ant, Messor pergandei
Kevin P. O'Connor, Sara Helms Cahan, Ken R. Helms
Competitive Interactions of Ground-Foraging Ants in the Siskiyou-Klamath Ecoregion
Sarah E. Wittman, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Nathan J. Sanders, Aaron E. Ellison
Caste-dependent sleep of worker honey bees
Barrett Anthony Klein
Brood pheromone modulation of pollen forager activity in honey bees Apis Mellifera
Bradley N. Metz, Tanya Pankiw
Increased activity in a mushroom body neuron subtype in the brains of forager and dancer honeybees
Taketoshi Kiya, Takekazu Kunieda, Takeo Kubo
Mating flights of Africanized honey bees in Puerto Rico
Alberto Galindo-Cardona, Gabriela Quiñonez, Bert Rivera Marchand, Tugrul Giray
Chemistry of the Feces of Red Imported Fire Ants, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Jian Chen
Sex ratio adjustment in response to relatedness asymmetry variation in social Hymenoptera: a meta-analysis
Joël Meunier, Stuart A. West, Michel Chapuisat
Bumblebee colonies (Bombus impatiens) as alternative hosts of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)
Dorothee Hoffmann, Peter Neumann, Jeffery S. Pettis
Does decreased division of labor lead to improved fitness in foundress associations of Pogonomyrmex californicus?
Rebecca M. Clark, Jennifer H. Fewell
Queen monopoly over reproduction: implications for colony founding success in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus
Seven S. Suni, Deborah M. Gordon
Predictors of the spread of Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) across scales and regions
Sean B. Menke, Robert N. Fisher, Walter Jetz, David A. Holway
Behavioral maturation and learning in the bumblebee Bombus occidentalis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Andre J. Riveros, Wulfila Gronenberg
Split sex ratio evolution with simple family relatedness structure and facultative worker biasing
Ken R. Helms, Connor P. Hayden
Megalomyrmex symmetochus and Trachymyrmex zeteki: Behavioral interactions from infiltration to cohabitation
Andrew J. Tseng, Rachelle M. M. Adams
Liquid food distribution and its relation to food quality in honeybee (Apis mellifera ) colonies
Christoph Grüter, Walter Farina
How aggressive are invasive ant species?
Leïla Von Aesch, Daniel Cherix
Cheater genes in a social microorganism
David C. Queller, Kevin R. Foster, Natasha Mehdiabadi, Lorenzo Santorelli, Owen Gilbert, Gad Shaulsky, Joan E. Strassmann
'Cheating' strategies in the Allodapine, Exoneura robusta as a precurser to the evolution of social parasitism
Sally L. Harradine
Soldier-specific modification of the mandibular motor neurons in termites
Yuki Ishikawa, Toru Miura
The Round and Waggle Dances of the Honey Bee: One Dance or Two?
Kathryn E. Gardner, Thomas D. Seeley, Nick Calderone
Queen dimorphism and mating frequency in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex) pima
Carter Tate Holbrook, Robert A. Johnson, Jürgen Gadau
Spatially Explicit Model for Altruist-Cheater Population Dynamics in the Ant Pristomyrmex punctatus
Shigeto Dobata, Tomonori Sasaki, Masakazu Shimada, Kazuki Tsuji
Caste Specificity of the Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Sting Apparatus and Ontogenic Development of Stinging
Yuuki Katou, Keiko Nakamura, Masami Sasaki
When killers grow old: decrease of fighting ability in honeybee queen ontogeny
Sebastian Spiewok, Peter Neumann
Bumblebees and Honeybees: A Comparison of Individual Foraging Decisions in a Changing Environment
John M. Townsend-Mehler, Fred C. Dyer
Eradication attempt against the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata. A case study in a New Caledonian dry forest reserve
Alan R. Vergnes, Hervé JOURDAN
Social Parasitism in Allodapine Bees: Impacts of an Inquiline
Jaclyn A. Smith, Michael. P Schwarz
Effect of social stimuli on the development of learning capability in the honeybee, Apis mellifera
Shogo Nomura, Naoko Ichikawa, Tetsuhiko Sasaki, Masami Sasaki
How do you kill your sisters?: strategies to eliminate rival queens in honeybee
Ken-ichi Harano, Yukinori Shibai, Yoshiaki Obara, Masami Sasaki
Liquid-Feeding Biomechanics of an Ant (Camponotus herculeanus) Revealed Using Synchrotron X-ray Imaging
Steven C. Cook, John J. Socha, Wah Keat Lee, Kamel Fezzaa, Mark W. Westneat
Mate locally, disperse globally - mating and dispersal patterns in invasive and non-invasive garden ants
Line V. Ugelvig, Klaus S. Petersen, Jes S. Pedersen, Jacobus J. Boomsma, Sylvia Cremer
Varroa and Apis in Thailand: mtDNA and AFLP studies of genetic strains of host and parasites
Deborah R. Smith, Natapot Warrit
Comparative neuromorphology and division of labor in North American Pheidole
Mario L. Muscedere, James F. A. Traniello
Mating success of large and small males in honey bees: the effect of sexual selection on social behaviour and intracolony reproductive conflict
Margaret J. Couvillon, William O. Hughes, Juan A. Perez-Sato, Stephen J. Martin, Francis L.W. Ratnieks
Genetic relationships among introduced populations of Argentine Ants, Linepithema humile, in Japan
Masanori Hirata, Osamu Hasegawa, Takahiro Toita, Seigo Higashi
A New Nematode Parasite, Sphaerularia SP., That Sterilizes Quees of the Hornet Vespa simillima in Japan
Katsuhiko Sayama, Hajime Kosaka, Shun'ichi Makino
Dopamine, octopamine and tyramine influence locomotor behavior in the honey bee Apis mellifera
Julie A. Mustard, Brendon L. Fussnecker, Priscilla M. Pham, Brian H Smith
Distributional and seasonal activity patterns of exotic and native ants in Okinawa Island
Mayuko Suwabe, Hitoshi Ohnishi, Tomonori Kikuchi, Kazuki Tsuji
“Nematode Associates of Social and Solitary Sweat Bees”
Quinn S. McFrederick
Tramp ants of Christmas Island
Melissa Thomas, Volker Framenau
Effects of parasitism by Xenos moutoni on colonial development and productivity in the hornet Vespa analis
Shun'ichi Makino, Hiromi Yamauchi
Population Genetic Structure of the Crazy Ant, Paratrechina longicornis, in Biosphere 2
Emily A. Matthews, Volker Witte, James K. Wetterer, Michael A. D. Goodisman
Differential rates of inter-gall dispersal in Tamalia gall-inducers and inquilines (Aphididae)
Donald G. Miller III
Use of pheromones in bait stations to control the invasive European fire ant, Myrmica rubra
Nicola R. Gammans, Frank Drummond, Ellie Groden, Philip Stock
Hyperkinesis in a Polistes Social Parasite during Usurpation Period
Rita Cervo, Irene Ortolani, Stefano Turillazzi
Impact of the foraging patterns of an invasive ant species, Solenopsis invicta on the foraging activity of native ant species
Vedham Karpakakunjaram, Russell Wright
Army Ant Mites: the Most Specialized Mites Found on Any Social Insect
R. J. Elzinga, C. W. Rittenmeyer, Stefanie M. Berghoff
The Ant Camponotus japonicus Attending the Reverdin's Blue Butterfly, Lycaeides argyrognomon, Until Adult Butterfly Emergence
Yasuo Hagiwara, Michihito Watanabe
An update of the ant fauna of Tahiti and Moorea (French Polynesia)
Stephanie Ledoux, Yohann Allouche, Jean-Yves Meyer, Rudolph Putoa, Hervé JOURDAN
Ontogeny of the defensive stinging behavior of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta
Kevin L. Haight
Resolution of Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella L.) Threat on Colony Health in Ogun State of Nigeria
James S. Oluwole
Evolution of intraspecific social parasitism by honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.)
Stephan Härtel, Peter Neumann, Theresa C. Wossler, Robin M. Crewe, Robin F. A. Moritz
Ecological effects of an invasive social wasp on endemic Hawaiian arthropods
Erin E. Wilson, David A. Holway
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