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Revision as of 17:41, 3 May 2002 by Rgamble (talk | contribs) (-/Talk (Needs info on human castes...))(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In social insects such as ants, bees and termites, a caste is a specific sub-type of an insect species which is specialized in a certain task. A common example is the "queen" and the "worker", in which queens are specialized in reproduction and the workers are specialized in feeding and protecting the queens.