« Colonies live for 20-30 years, the lifetime of the single queen who produces all the ants, but individual ants live at most a year. » Individual ants... exce

« Colonies live for 20-30 years, the lifetime of the single queen who produces all the ants, but individual ants live at most a year. » Individual ants... except for the queen. How likely is it that the queen is acting as the memory of the colony? (I don't think this is actually the answer—I agree that it's more likely that the memories are being held in the collective—but it has to be ruled out somehow.)