> One indicator, did they reference the papers you listed?   I'm getting frustrated by the  number of new researchers who only cite very recent work that they can find on the internet, or if they cite work more than 5 years old, they often haven't read it.

Funny you should ask. The list of references is long and stretches back into the past. But there are numerous errors. 

For example, they cite:
Eilson E (1971) The Insect Societies. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

that one is obviously supposed to be:
Wilson, E. O. (1971). The insect societies. (That's Edward O. Wilson, world famous Biologist)

but they do include many classics, like:
Weaver N (1966) Physiology of caste differentiation. Annual review of entomology, 11, 79–102. 

That's Nevin Weaver, not so famous member of the Weaver family. Kirk Webster mentions him on his web site (yes, he has a web site).

> The mentor I got to know in person during my time in Wenham was Nevin Weaver; brother of Binford and Roy Jr.; of the famous beekeeping Weaver family from Navasota, Texas. Nevin started off in the family bee business, but then decided to continue in school and work eventually as a scientist. He was the first person to raise a worker bee, from egg to adult, in a petrie dish---sleeping on a cot in the lab, so the larvae could be fed every few hours. He was teaching Physiology at U Mass, Boston, when I met him one night at a county bee club meeting. He didn't make his living from beekeeping, but he stayed close to his family and Weaver Apiaries, and he and his wife Betsy spent the summers in Navasota ...

more at:
http://kirkwebster.com/index.php/some-great-mentors

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