Table 1.

Current knowledge of the undertaking process in Hymenoptera and Isoptera.

Undertaking Process		Hymenoptera		Isoptera
Phase	Behavior	Bees	Ants	Termites
Recognition	Antennation	Apis mellifera	Most species	Most species
Inspection and decision making	Alarm	NR*	NR	Reticulitermes flavipes 16, 50
	Grooming	NR	Pogonomyrmex badius 5	Reticulitermes flavipes 16; Coptotermes formosanus 7; Reticulitermes speratus 7; Microcerotermes crassus 7
	Corpse carrying	Apis mellifera 6	Pogonomyrmex badius 5; Solenopsis saevissima 5; Myrmecia vindex 22; Solenopsis invicta 26; Eciton 39; Linepithema humile 12; Atta texana 41, 42; Acromyrmex versicolor 34; Temnothorax lichtensteini 15	Coptotermes formosanus 49; Reticulitermes flavipes 27
	Recruitment	NR	Solenopsis invicta 26	Reticulitermes flavipes 16
	Aggression	NR	Temnothorax lichtensteini 15	Reticulitermes flavipes 16;
End response	Cannibalism	NR	Formica rufa 43; Solenopsis invicta 26; Pheidole; Oecophylla 17; Formica polyctena 35, 44	Reticulitermes sp. 47; Zootermopsis angusticollis 56; Coptotermes formosanus 7; Reticulitermes speratus 7; Microcerotermes crassus 7
	Avoidance	NR	NR	Coptotermes acinaciformis 58; Coptotermes gestroi 83
	Burial	NR	Temnothorax lichtensteini 15	Reticulitermes flavipes 16, 27, 48; Reticulitermes virginicus 20; Pseudacanthotermes spiniger 19; Coptotermes formosanus 7, 49;Reticulitermes speratus 7; Microcerotermes crassus 7; Globitermes sulphureus 7
	Corpse removal	Apis mellifera 6	Pogonomyrmex badius 5; Solenopsis saevissima 5; Myrmecia vindex 22; Solenopsis invicta 26; Eciton 39; Linepithema humile 12; Atta texana 41, 42; Acromyrmex versicolor 34; Temnothorax lichtensteini 15	NR

* NR: Not Reported.