An ant colony is a population of ants, typically from a single species, capable of maintaining their complete lifecycle. Ant colonies are eusocial, communal...
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In computer science and operations research, the ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO) is a probabilistic technique for solving computational problems...
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ant (formally known as a gyne) is an adult, reproducing female ant in an ant colony; she is usually the mother of all the other ants in that colony....
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SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony is a 1991 life simulation video game by Maxis and the company's third product, focusing on ants. It was designed by Will...
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superorganisms because the ants appear to operate as a unified entity, collectively working together to support the colony. Ants have colonised almost every...
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permanent nests; an army ant colony moves almost incessantly over the time it exists. All species are members of the true ant family, Formicidae, but several...
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each colony's longevity. The necrotrophic parasitic fungus Escovopsis threatens the ants' food source and thus is a constant danger to the ants. The waste...
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subset of the colony including queens, workers and brood (eggs, larvae and pupae) leave the main colony for an alternative nest site. Pharaoh ant colonies...
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ant supercolony is an exceptionally large ant colony, consisting of a high number of spatially separated but socially connected nests of a single ant...
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Nuptial flight (redirect from Flying ant day)
to start a new colony, or, in the case of honey bees, continue the succession of an existing hived colony. The winged version of ants and termites are...
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