“…Hence, it is expected that fungal disease outbreaks would easily occur in termite colonies. However, unlike solitary insects, termites and other social insects (i.e., ants, bees, and wasps) depend on their complex social organizations for cooperative behavioral and physiological defenses to protect their public health. , For example, they can take special care of contaminated nestmates, − remove corpses for placement in the colony graveyard, , and place food waste in the garbage dump . These insects can also immunize themselves by social transfer of low-level infections [active immunization] , or immune substances [passive immunization]. , When a sufficient number of nestmates are immunized, herd immunity is reached, providing a wall of defense against pathogens .…”