http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/-t1.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:24:39 GMT 10 http://i27.servimg.com/u/f27/11/05/08/07/bandea10.jpg http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/-t1.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/ant-quiz-and-ants-of-ecuador-t29.htm Benoit Guenard On the website of the ants of Tiputini by Kari T. Ryder Wilkie, you can find a quiz for which you can test your knowledge on the different subfamily of the ants present in Ecuador. Beside that the website present her work in Ecuador and is a great resource for people interested in ants of South America. I was also really amazed by the new ant trap that she designed: "the subterranean probe" to collect hypogaeic ants. The description can be found on her website and the results ... Documentation / Books / Links / Congress Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:34:00 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/ant-quiz-and-ants-of-ecuador-t29.htm#43 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/ant-quiz-and-ants-of-ecuador-t29.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/4th-european-iussi-congress-2008-belgium-t21.htm Laurent C. Indeed, the next IUSSI Congress, will be the 4th European one and it will take place in Belgium by the end of August. 4th European Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI) La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium, 30 August - 4 September, 2008 You can visit the official website IUSSI 2008 The IUSSI website is also available here Documentation / Books / Links / Congress Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:49:06 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/4th-european-iussi-congress-2008-belgium-t21.htm#28 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/4th-european-iussi-congress-2008-belgium-t21.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/north-american-section-of-iussi-meeting-t53.htm Benoit Guenard A reminder that the end of inscription for the breakout meeting of the North American section of IUSSI is this week (August 31). The meeting is in Puerto Rico from the 24 to the 27 of October. More info here: http://iussi.bees.net/meetings/2008BreakoutMeeting.pdf In the same register, the European section will have its meeting at the end of the week, from August 30 to September 4. More info available at this address: http://www.ulb.ac.be/EU_IUSSI_2008/index.html I hope some ... Documentation / Books / Links / Congress Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:24:39 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/north-american-section-of-iussi-meeting-t53.htm#106 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/north-american-section-of-iussi-meeting-t53.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/expositions-t23.htm Benoit Guenard Permanent exposition: Insectarium of Montreal, Qc, Canada Title of the exposition: Cites Grouillantes / Busy Bodies Website: http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/insectarium/en/index.php?section=52&intParent=4 Species presented: Atta mexicana, Bombus impatiens (bumble bee), Apis mellifera (honeybees) North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, USA Title of the exposition: Website: http://www.naturalsciences.org/ Species presented: Pseudomyrmex ... Documentation / Books / Links / Congress Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:17:17 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/expositions-t23.htm#30 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/expositions-t23.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/book-on-ants-of-colombia-t36.htm Benoit Guenard I found today a new book on the ants of Colombia available on Internet: Sistemática, Biogeografía y Conservación de las Hormigas Cazadoras de Colombia It was apparently released the 4th of April and is edited by the Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander Humboldt. The book has the particularity to have some chapters in Spanish and others in English or in French. Myrmecologists have definitively to be pluri-lingual. Here is the description in Spanish of the ... Documentation / Books / Links / Congress Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:37:07 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/book-on-ants-of-colombia-t36.htm#63 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/book-on-ants-of-colombia-t36.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/notes-from-underground-t19.htm Benoit Guenard The last version of Notes from Underground is out: http://www.notesfromunderground.org/ However, due to a lack of articles submitted, the editor has a lack of motivation and is thinking to stop it. Here is the editorial line: Well folks here it is overdue but finally ready. As you saw from the intro page I am wondering if this is going to be the last issue of Notes. The reason for this quandry is quite simply the lack of support in the form of printable material. We have close to ... Documentation / Books / Links / Congress Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:56:27 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/notes-from-underground-t19.htm#26 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/notes-from-underground-t19.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/talk-events-t14.htm Benoit Guenard When? March 25 Where? Chicago What? Army Ants, Orchids, and Dancing Frogs by Mark Moffett More info available here: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/nglive/pdf/CHI08_Moffett.pdf and here: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/nglive/chicago/moffett.html Documentation / Books / Links / Congress Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:29:19 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/talk-events-t14.htm#16 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/talk-events-t14.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/theses-available-on-internet-t12.htm Benoit Guenard During their thesis, the students usually do a large literature review and then develop new work and experiments. I personally think that it is interesting to learn about new subject by reading some of these theses. Fortunately many are available on Internet (or for some of them were available on Internet). Don't hesitate to consult them. In English / En Anglais: (40 theses) On ants / Sur les fourmis: - Foraging Activity and Food Preferences of the Odorous House Ant (Tapinoma sessile ... Documentation / Books / Links / Congress Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:38:04 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/theses-available-on-internet-t12.htm#13 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/theses-available-on-internet-t12.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/ants-laboratory-around-the-world-t10.htm Benoit Guenard http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bsguenar/List%20laboratories.htm

It is in French, but easy to understand for English speaking people.
Let me know if you know some people that I forgot or if the links are dead.]]> Documentation / Books / Links / Congress Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:42:59 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/ants-laboratory-around-the-world-t10.htm#11 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/ants-laboratory-around-the-world-t10.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/books-on-ants-t3.htm Benoit Guenard Many books devoted to ants have been published over the years. Here is a selection of some of them, classified by year. On general notion and ecology: Ants, J. Huxley, 1930. 120 pages Mosaics and other anomalies among ants, W.M. Wheeler, 1937. 95 pages The association of ants with aphids and coccids, G.E.J. Nixon, 1951. 36 pages Vie et mœurs des fourmis, A. Raignier, 1952. 223 pages Ants Their Structure Development and Behavior, W.M. Wheeler, 1960. 663 pages The ... Documentation / Books / Links / Congress Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:35:24 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/books-on-ants-t3.htm#3 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/documentation-books-links-congress-f1/books-on-ants-t3.htm