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INSECTS, particularly those living gregariously, can perform very complicated activities. These activities are not less complex than those performed by higher vertebrates. It is interesting to know to what degree these activities depend on the structure of the brain. In the higher Hymenoptera the brain is relatively the most complex. The results of my investigations1,2 show that the part of corpora pedunculata which is called ‘calyx’ is particularly differentiated. The walls of this calyx in the Aculeata are composed of three layers.
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JAWLOWSKI, H. Structure of the Brain of Insects. Nature 199, 302–303 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199302a0
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