myrmepropagandist on Nostr: npub1cnvrp…6wml3 With ants and bees it’s basically always “she” all workers ...
npub1cnvrpqqcumdh00qgl4gk94zp3fnkw83rg56k2v4f4slkdadtf3xqm6wml3 (npub1cnv…wml3)
With ants and bees it’s basically always “she” all workers are female (from soldiers/majors to miniums/minors) — male ants are rare as they do not live long. Most males have wings & reduced mandibles— (their older sisters feed them and clean them.) Ants love specialization— so male ants are optimized for the singular task of locating a queen & mating. (this means males often have bigger eyes— maybe this is why vision was able to re-evolve in the army ants?)
With ants and bees it’s basically always “she” all workers are female (from soldiers/majors to miniums/minors) — male ants are rare as they do not live long. Most males have wings & reduced mandibles— (their older sisters feed them and clean them.) Ants love specialization— so male ants are optimized for the singular task of locating a queen & mating. (this means males often have bigger eyes— maybe this is why vision was able to re-evolve in the army ants?)