…The term is often taken to mean “insecta living in groups,” but in reality it is used mainly for ants, termites, and some colonial bees (such as wasps, hornets, honeybees, stingless bees, bumblebees, and some sweat bees), and will be explained in this sense below. The characteristic of these insects is that their groups (colonies) are maintained by a caste system (there is a superficial similarity to the caste system in humans, but it is unrelated). … *Some of the terminology that mentions "bees" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…語感から一般に〈集団生活をしている昆虫〉ととられがちだが,実際はおもにアリ,シロアリおよび一部の集団性ハチ類(カリバチ類waspsのアシナガバチ,スズメバチやハナバチ類beesのミツバチ,ハリナシバチ,マルハナバチ,一部のコハナバチなど)に対して用いられるもので,以下この意味で解説する。これらの昆虫の特性は,集団(コロニー)がカースト制によって維持されている点にある(ヒトにおけるカースト制とは,表面的類似はあっても無関係)。… ※「bees」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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