> Maybe its something like, part of the colony finds food, and then sends a signal out saying "okay, remember this configuration, it leads to food". And then ea

> Maybe its something like, part of the colony finds food, and then sends a signal out saying "okay, remember this configuration, it leads to food". And then each organism makes some type of record of its own position relative to others in the colony or environmental landmarks, indexed by "food". Or something. Reinforcement learning in a nutshell! :D