The eusocial insects have different castes, each responsible for different tasks within the Queens realm.

真社会性昆虫有不同的等级，每个等级在女王的领土内负责不同的任务。

These houses, clothing, all of this stuff, everything we do is at the fact that we're called eusocial.

这些房屋、衣物， 所有这些东西，我们所做的每一件事都基于一个事实， 那就是我们被称为真社会性生物。

So, how do you tell if a hell ant was part of this wonderfully complex eusocial structure?

那么，你怎么判断一只狱蚂蚁是属于这种复杂而奇妙的真社会结构呢？

Xenomorphs are a eusocial species much like ants, honey bees, and other social insects, with a clearly defined caste system.

Xenomorphs 是一种社会性物种， 很像蚂蚁、蜜蜂和其他社会性昆虫，具有明确定义的种姓制度。

Either way, hell ants are extinct today, and modern eusocial ants are everywhere.

无论是哪种情况，狱蚂蚁今天都已经灭绝，而现代真社会性蚂蚁则无处不在。

While hell ants most likely practiced some form of eusociality, they might not have had all the elements of highly eusocial insects.

虽然狱蚂蚁很可能实行某种形式的真社会性，但它们可能不具备高度真社会性昆虫的所有特征。

And even if they had some characteristics of eusocial insects, hell ants might not have been able to survive if they were only in groups of 100 or so.

而且即使它们具有一些真社会性昆虫的特征，如果狱蚁只成100只左右的群体， 也可能无法生存。

Now, while entomologists can understand modern eusocial ants by studying colonies in action, it gets a bit trickier with extinct groups, like the hell ants, because we can't directly observe their behavior.

现在， 虽然昆虫学家可以通过研究活跃的蚁群来了解现代真社会性蚂蚁，但对于像狱蚂蚁这样的已灭绝种类来说， 情况就复杂多了，因为我们无法直接观察它们的行为。

And ants today are well-known for being eusocial insects—they have a division of labor, create colonies with multiple generations of adults, and many of the adults care for young that aren't their own.

今天的蚂蚁以其真社会性而闻名——它们有劳分工，建立包含多代成虫的群体，并且许多成虫会照顾不是自己后代的幼虫。

This gland secretes fluids that are thought to help the ants keep clean, as well as communicate with each other, and this communication is thought to be another part of eusocial behavior.

这种腺体分泌的液体被认为有助于蚂蚁保持清洁，同时也用于彼此之间的交流，而这种交流被认为是真社会性行为的另一部分。