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Biology of the Vespine Wasps (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
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Biology of the Vespine Wasps (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
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It is a great privilege and pleasure for me to write the foreword
to this book, which is the result of considerable effort on the
part of Dr. Makoto Matsuura and Mr. Seiki Yamane. Such an
introduction might sound like a cliche, but in this case the
sentiments are real, since the preparation of this book really has
been a laborious task. In fact, I think it would not be an
exaggeration to say that such a book could only be published once
every 100 years. I would like to explain why I regard this book as
unique. It is well known that as social insects "hachi" (as bees
and wasps are called in Japanese), as well as ants and termites,
have a very diffe rent way of life from that of other insects. Each
of these three groups has its own characteristics. Ants and hachi
are classified in the same category; in other words, an ant is sim
ply a wasp which has lost its wings and its sting, and has adapted
itself to an underground life. Termites, on the other hand, are an
aberrant cockroach, descended from a phyletic line which is
completely diffe rent from that of ants and hachi, which undergo
complete metamor phosis. On the other hand, ants and termites have
a common feature: all members have adopted a social life."
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