In this review, we provide a current reference on disease resistance in insect societies. We
start with the genetics of immunity in the context of behavioral and physiological processes …

Social insects are able to mount both group‐level and individual defences against
pathogens. Here we focus on individual defences, by presenting a genome‐wide analysis of …

We review recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of insect immune
defence, but do so in a framework defined by the ecological and evolutionary forces that …

Understanding the origin of disease resistance in social insects is difficult due to the lack of
well-established phylogenies of presocial and eusocial species and the absence of extant …

Understanding the complexities of social insect immunity, that is, how insects combat
pathogens, parasites and pests, is a fundamental question that not only has broad …

Under continual attack from both microbial pathogens and multicellular parasites, insects
must cope with immune challenges every day of their lives. However, this has not prevented …

Social insect colonies have evolved many collectively performed adaptations that reduce the
impact of infectious disease and that are expected to maximize their fitness. This colony …

The evolution of group living requires that individuals limit the inherent risks of parasite
infection. To this end, group living insects have developed a unique capability of mounting …

All social insects defend their colony from predators, parasites, and pathogens. In Oster and
Wilson's classic work, they posed one of the key paradoxes about defense in social insects …

▪ Abstract Evolutionary ecology seeks to understand the selective reasons for the design
features of the immune defense, especially with respect to parasitism. The molecular …