I isolated 4 ants from their colony? Colonial odor in Camponotus vagus!
Camponotus vagus worker ants are separated from their colony for four weeks! Will this isolation affect their colony odor? Upon their return, will they be recognized by the other workers in the nest, or will they be driven out? We'll see how the colony reacts after this confinement.
Watch the scientific explanation of colony odor: • Comment les fourmis se reconnaissent ? L’O...
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Cited article: Boulay, R., Hefetz, A., Soroker, V., & Lenoir, A. (2000). Camponotus fellah colony integration: worker individuality necessitates frequent hydrocarbon exchanges. Animal Behaviour, 59(6), 1127–1133.
Music: Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
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