> Mr Mendez pointed out that, rather than valuing a single sovereign, the worker ants were simply picking off the weakest queens to manage their resources bette

> Mr Mendez pointed out that, rather than valuing a single sovereign, the worker ants were simply picking off the weakest queens to manage their resources better. wow that looks like a really good strategy - first the queens help each other out to improve their chances of building a good nest and then they get starved by possibly their own "kids" so that the colony is driven by the strongest queen. The article doesn't provide much detail about how do they select "the weakest link" though