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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2010 16:54:57 GMT 1
Without a Queen the colony will fail.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2010 17:46:09 GMT 1
Doesn't mean the queen is in power. The workers need her so keep her safe. Like Davros off of Dr Who. He was needed by the Daleks so they imprisoned him under the illusion of power. Ants don't worship queens, they use them.
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Post by Myrm on Dec 20, 2010 17:50:10 GMT 1
LaSiUs BiN lId is quite correct. In an ant colony, the queen does not rule in the same sense as the queen of England does. She certainly has influence on the colony, after all, she is the main focus of the colony and without her, as Manity says, without her the colony would fail.
It is believed that the queen influences the ratio of soldier ants to workers, which eggs develop into queens and, of course, she controls which egg is fertilized and which isn't, but she doesn't govern.
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Post by Myrm on Dec 20, 2010 17:51:19 GMT 1
...Like Davros off of Dr Who. He was needed by the Daleks so they imprisoned him under the illusion of power. Ants don't worship queens, they use them. Good analogy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2010 17:52:26 GMT 1
I have Sherlock Holmes moments don't I? I need a coffee. . .
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2010 17:53:49 GMT 1
Anyway could be worse, could be a male, fly, mate and die. Great. Then again some of them have thousands of kids. . .
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Post by Myrm on Dec 20, 2010 17:55:31 GMT 1
Being a male (King) Termite is better.
You are waited on hand and foot and your only job is to...errrr..... "service" the queen on a regular basis. Unlike male ants you don't die afterwards.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2010 18:08:12 GMT 1
I WANT THAT JOB! lol joking
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2010 18:12:25 GMT 1
Being a male (King) Termite is better. You are waited on hand and foot and your only job is to...errrr..... "service" the queen on a regular basis. Unlike male ants you don't die afterwards. Very nice wording Myrm.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2010 18:16:17 GMT 1
Yes. . . could have gone very wrong
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Post by Myrm on Dec 20, 2010 18:19:08 GMT 1
I WANT THAT JOB! lol joking It's not a job for bin lids I'm afraid, not even one as aWeSoMe as you
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2010 18:26:49 GMT 1
Could be
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Post by Myrm on Dec 20, 2010 18:28:47 GMT 1
Could be
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2010 18:28:55 GMT 1
Heh Who wouldnt, you would get waited on hand and foot for your life .
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2010 18:29:59 GMT 1
Yes, that's good too ;D
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