Nice article. It’s fascinating how the experiences of individuals can shape the behaviour of the colony in future. (I am interested in studying this in future.)

Nice article. It’s fascinating how the experiences of individuals can shape the behaviour of the colony in future. (I am interested in studying this in future.) I think the ants as simple input and output devices i.e. provide stimulus, get some results. But, the interaction of ants provides the output to the complex situations. When one observes the colony while doing any colony related function, one can see how each individual is assigned with specific function e.g. foraging, nursing etc. And suppose if you remove these ants, there will be a new set of individuals doing that function. Somewhat similar to the neurons of brain. (One has to compare the extent of similarities.) PS: I used to do research with ants. My master’s thesis was on colony cohesion. What are the factors important for the cohesion? I have looked at few aspects (physical) of this.