Gyne's the primary reproductive female caste of social insects (especially ants, wasps, and bees of order Hymenoptera). Gynes are those destined to become queens, whereas female workers are typically sterile and can't become queens. A colony with multiple queens's said to be a polygyne form, whereas with only one's a monogyne form. The fire ant Solenopsis invicta's known to have colonies in both polygyne and monogyne forms. In species lacking morphological castes (for example, where "workers" ma… (More on Gyne)