Sentence examples for ant societies from inspiring English sources

Ant societies are rigidly stratified and usually ruled by queens.

In ant societies, the nonreproductives do particular tasks that benefit "the queens," who reproduce.

The new study suggests that mud dauber wasps may offer clues to the evolution of ant societies.

Certainly, as an expert on ant societies, Wilson is well- placed to give intriguing insights into the human condition, particularly in terms of our goals, our aspirations - and our political urges.

I waited for the response from my more literal- minded entomologist colleagues, but so far nothing has come back but praise... .. Wilson knows that we underestimate ant societies at our – and the planet's – peril.

Cassill, D. L. & Tschinkel, W. R. Information flow during social feeding in ant societies in Information Processing in Social Insects (eds. Detrain, C., Deneubourg, J. L. & Pasteels, J. M. ) (Birkhäuser: Basel, 1999).

Dr. Dornhaus is breaking new ground in her studies of whether the efficiency of ant society, based on a division of labor among ant specialists, is important to their success.

Compare the biological blueprint of an ant society with that of humans, he says, and you quickly see that much of human society is built on culture rather than genetics.

And how does ant society resemble Facebook?

The study, says the researchers, shows that individuals play a much larger role in ant society than previously thought.

But in an ant society, at least you know where you stand: you're either a queen, a worker, or a male, fit for nothing but reproducing.