Purbayan Ghosh

• Doctor of Psychology
• Arizona State University

Cooperative brood care is one of the most fundamental characteristics in the life history of eusocial insects. Still, while relocating to a new nest, bees and wasps abandon their offspring in the old nest, leading to a loss of colonies' investments. Unlike other hymenopterans, ant colonies carry their brood with them while moving to a new nest. Whi...

Effective coordination of group actions underlies the success of group‐living organisms. Making decisions collectively is a crucial step in executing behaviours affecting the whole group. In social insects, decision‐making is typically achieved in a self‐organised manner and incorporates a quorum process, which can improve decision accuracy and be...

Recruitment is a fundamental feature of animal societies and its efficiency largely depends on within-group communication. Insect societies are often populous and decentralised decisions need to be made by individuals with limited local information when time is of the essence. Recruitment of colony members to food, defence or to a new nest fall und...