8.17.2018

Work avoidance among color-coded ants (really)

Industrious fire ants reveal surprise secret to success: Selective laziness - The Washington Post

Industrious fire ants reveal surprise secret to success: Selective laziness - The Washington Post


Another striking thing about ants is that some of them just sit around doing nothing. This has also been noticed in other social insects, such as bees. When ants build a nest, some of them just sit around, inert, lazy, seemingly useless.

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