Many terms for socializing, such as "social butterfly," "queen bee," and "the buzz," come from the insect world, and now it seems at least one species, the paper wasp, deserves its reputation.
Female paper wasps can't perform an "air kiss," hug or shake hands, but like humans, they look each other over and remember individuals for at least a week after first meeting them. They then base subsequent encounters on these first impressions.
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