social insects
From ZooTerms (Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology)
social insects: 1. The ants, termites and some bees and wasps in which individuals of the same species cooperate in caring for the young, a reproductive division of labor is present, and an overlap of at least two generations in life stages contributing to the colony; eusocial insects.
2. A social insect that belongs to either a presocial or eusocial species.
