| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | La reconstruction du nid et les coordinations interindividuelles chezBellicositermes natalensis etCubitermes sp. la théorie de la stigmergie: Essai d'interprétation du comportement des termites constructeurs | Insectes Sociaux | 1959 | 996 |
| 2 | The rarity of multiple mating by females in the social Hymenoptera | Insectes Sociaux | 2001 | 294 |
| 3 | Collective decision making through food recruitment | Insectes Sociaux | 1990 | 289 |
| 4 | The nest of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) | Insectes Sociaux | 1976 | 267 |
| 5 | Self-assemblages in insect societies | Insectes Sociaux | 2002 | 240 |
| 6 | Reproductive efficiency in relation to colony size in hymenopterous societies | Insectes Sociaux | 1964 | 224 |
| 7 | Sampling ants with pitfall traps: Digging-in effects | Insectes Sociaux | 1973 | 218 |
| 8 | Queen lifespan and colony characteristics in ants and termites | Insectes Sociaux | 1998 | 205 |
| 9 | Size variation and foraging rate in bumblebees ( Bombus terrestris ) | Insectes Sociaux | 2002 | 199 |
| 10 | Task partitioning in insect societies | Insectes Sociaux | 1999 | 190 |
| 11 | Female mating frequencies in Bombus spp. from Central Europe | Insectes Sociaux | 2000 | 186 |
| 12 | Sperm ultrastructure of the wasp Agelaia vicina (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) | Insectes Sociaux | 2006 | 165 |
| 13 | Detritivory, coprophagy, and the evolution of digestive mutualisms in Dictyoptera | Insectes Sociaux | 2001 | 161 |
| 14 | An emerging paradigm of colony health: microbial balance of the honey bee and hive (Apis mellifera) | Insectes Sociaux | 2011 | 157 |
| 15 | Trail laying behaviour during food recruitment in the antLasius niger (L.) | Insectes Sociaux | 1992 | 151 |
| 16 | A scientific note on the revised estimates of effective paternity frequency in Apis | Insectes Sociaux | 2004 | 143 |
| 17 | Nestmate discrimination in ants: effect of bioassay on aggressive behavior | Insectes Sociaux | 2003 | 135 |
| 18 | Termite soil preferences and particle selections: strategies related to ecological requirements | Insectes Sociaux | 2002 | 132 |
| 19 | The division of labour within bumblebee Colonies | Insectes Sociaux | 1955 | 128 |
| 20 | Ortstreue in foraging ants of theFormica rufa group — Hierarchy of orienting cues and long-term memory | Insectes Sociaux | 1986 | 128 |
| 21 | Food distribution within laboratory colonies of the argentine ant,Tridomyrmex humilis (Mayr) | Insectes Sociaux | 1970 | 127 |
| 22 | Loss and gains in ant–plant interactions mediated by extrafloral nectar: fidelity, cheats, and lies | Insectes Sociaux | 2016 | 126 |
| 23 | Seasonal life history and nest architecture of a winter-active ant,Prenolepis imparis | Insectes Sociaux | 1987 | 125 |
| 24 | Biosystematics of Reticulitermes termites in Europe: morphological, chemical and molecular data | Insectes Sociaux | 2001 | 124 |
| 25 | Application de l'ordre par fluctuations a la description de certaines étapes de la construction du nid chez les Termites | Insectes Sociaux | 1977 | 122 |
| 26 | Social organization of nest emigration inLeptothorax (Hym., Form.) | Insectes Sociaux | 1978 | 121 |
| 27 | A statistical analysis of communication in “Apis mellifera” and a comparison with communication in other animals | Insectes Sociaux | 1954 | 120 |
| 28 | Survivorship of foraging honey bees | Insectes Sociaux | 1997 | 117 |
| 29 | Observations sur la biologie de la guêpe orientaleVespa orient alis F. | Insectes Sociaux | 1964 | 116 |
| 30 | Life duration and turnover of foragers in the antCataglyphis Bicolor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) | Insectes Sociaux | 1984 | 115 |
| 31 | The ontogeny of a dominance hierarchy in colonies of the BumblebeeBombus terrestris (Hymenoptera, Apidae) | Insectes Sociaux | 1986 | 115 |
| 32 | Behavioral interactions of the invasive Argentine ant with native ant species | Insectes Sociaux | 1999 | 114 |
| 33 | House-hunting by honey bee swarms: collective decisions and individual behaviors | Insectes Sociaux | 1999 | 114 |
| 34 | Variable sensitivity of fungi and bacteria to compounds produced by the metapleural glands of leaf-cutting ants | Insectes Sociaux | 2002 | 113 |
| 35 | A review on self-destructive defense behaviors in social insects | Insectes Sociaux | 2012 | 113 |
| 36 | Life expectancy and onset of foraging in the honeybee (Apis mellifera) | Insectes Sociaux | 2009 | 112 |
| 37 | Nest site selection by the honey bee,Apis mellifera | Insectes Sociaux | 1978 | 111 |
| 38 | Description of a simple synthetic diet for studying nutritional responses in ants | Insectes Sociaux | 2008 | 111 |
| 39 | Intracolony chemical communication in social insects | Insectes Sociaux | 2013 | 111 |
| 40 | Polistes paper wasps: a model genus for the study of social dominance hierarchies | Insectes Sociaux | 2014 | 111 |
| 41 | Colony development, larval development and worker reproduction in Bombus impatiens Cresson | Insectes Sociaux | 2002 | 110 |
| 42 | A review of impacts of temperature and relative humidity on various activities of honey bees | Insectes Sociaux | 2017 | 110 |
| 43 | The effects of temperature on the architecture and distribution of Macrotermes bellicosus (Isoptera, Macrotermitinae) mounds in different habitats of a West African Guinea savanna | Insectes Sociaux | 1998 | 109 |
| 44 | Carbon dioxide concentrations and nest ventilation in nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta vollenweideri | Insectes Sociaux | 2000 | 109 |
| 45 | Individual foraging and path fidelity in a ponerine ant | Insectes Sociaux | 1985 | 106 |
| 46 | Sexual biology of haploid and diploid males in the bumble beeBombus terrestris | Insectes Sociaux | 1995 | 105 |
| 47 | Supercolonies of the invasive yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes, on an oceanic island: Forager activity patterns, density and biomass | Insectes Sociaux | 2005 | 105 |
| 48 | Studies on the south east Asian ant-plant associationCrematogaster borneensis/Macaranga: Adaptations of the ant partner | Insectes Sociaux | 1990 | 104 |
| 49 | Memory and chemical communication in the orientation of two mass-recruiting ant species | Insectes Sociaux | 1993 | 103 |
| 50 | Mono- und Polygynie bei arten der gattungLeptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera Formicidæ) | Insectes Sociaux | 1968 | 102 |
