Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface xiii
4. Contributors xv
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. The Social Biology of the Vespidae
7. 1. Phylogenetic Relationships and the Origin of Social Behavior in the Vespidae 7
8. 2. The Solitary and Presocial Vespidae 33
9. 3. The Stenogastrinae 74
10. 4. Polistes 99
11. 5. Belonogaster, Mischocyttarus, Parapolybia, and Independent-founding Ropalidia 149
12. 6. The Swarm-founding Polistinae 191
13. 7. Vespa and Provespa 232
14. 8. Dolichovespula and Vespula 263
15. PART II. Special Topics in the Social Biology of Wasps
16. 9. Reproductive Competition during Colony Establishment 309
17. 10. Evolution of Queen Number and Queen Control 336
18. 11. Polyethism 389
19. 12. Nourishment and the Evolution of the Social Vespidae 426
20. 13. Population Genetic Structure, Relatedness, and Breeding Systems 451
21. 14. Evolution of Nest Architecture 480
22. 15. The Nest as the Locus of Social Life 520
23. 16. The Function and Evolution of Exocrine Glands 540
24. 17. Evolution of Social Behavior in Sphecid Wasps 570
25. Literature Cited 603
26. Subject Index 667
27. Taxonomic Index 675