llewelly on Nostr: the use of the word "queen" for an egg-laying ant (or other hymenopteran) seems to ...

the use of the word "queen" for an egg-laying ant (or other hymenopteran) seems to encourage many misconceptions, particularly the idea that the "queen" has some special power of command, so it's interesting they seemed to know ant "queens" don't "rule" in the human sense. But they must have needed some understanding of ants to protect food stores.