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How a colony’s devotion triggers the slow demise of its own queen
This video investigates a disturbing behavior in which termite workers ultimately cause the death of their own queen. It ...
FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--What happens if you take half a million termites and set them loose in a tiny, built-to-scale dream house? No, it’s not the start of a bad joke. It’s the premise behind ...
Termite workers surround their queen. The queen and king pass on gut bacteria to their offspring during colony foundation. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...
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Groomed to Death: The Termite Queen’s Fate
In a bizarre twist of nature, termite workers engage in excessive grooming behavior that can ultimately kill their own queen. Discover the strange balance between loyalty and lethal hygiene in termite ...
A queen Oecophylla smaragdina ant Didier Descouens via Wikimedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 Small animals don’t usually grow very old. Since they’re always at risk of becoming another critter’s quick snack, ...
New research on dampwood termites (Zootermopsis angusticollis and A. nevdensis) shows select members of the colony will experience brain changes in anticipation of cognitive demand. In a dampwood ...
Thorne, Barbara. 1985. "Termite polygyny: the ecological dynamics of queen mutualism." In Experimental Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology: In Memoriam Karl von ...
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