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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 18:50:32 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 19:06:33 GMT 1
This seems to refer to social insect species. Not specifically ants.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 21:42:29 GMT 1
Why do you say that stevant? It specifically says "Queen ant".
I have read about this but am not sure that it affects all ant species. I will probably wait before more research from different sources comes out before I completely accept it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 22:00:37 GMT 1
It starts off with ants but then regularly refers to bees.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 22:03:21 GMT 1
It starts off with ants but then regularly refers to bees. The actual research is on ants though. They are just referring to bees as a reference point because it is already proven that bees release this pheromone. Flavus
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 22:04:37 GMT 1
Okay, point taken.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 0:34:25 GMT 1
It says the workers produce ovaries, but it doesn't say they produce eggs. It could just be something they used further back in the evolution of social insects, but was later abandoned.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 3:37:40 GMT 1
Billy I think you should read the article over again and pay more attention to it. It clearly says that the workers lay eggs if they do not detect the queens special pheromones in the nest. They are infertile unless they somehow manage to mate with a male. I still am not sure if I completely believe this and I will have to do more research on research. Flavus
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 13:27:06 GMT 1
Oh yeah, sorry about that.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 17:45:53 GMT 1
It clearly says that the workers lay eggs if they do not detect the queens special pheromones in the nest. They are infertile unless they somehow manage to mate with a male. I still am not sure if I completely believe this and I will have to do more research on research. Flavus The test subject was Lasius niger, I am pretty sure a worker cannot take over as Queen, the only reason they would lay eggs without a Queen is to produce males and one last chance for the colonies genes to be passed on before the colony dies out (Queenless) In other species a worker could become a fertile Queen yes (gamergate?) but not in Lasius niger mentioned in the article.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 17:53:45 GMT 1
A gamergate (worker which lays fertile eggs) is not actually a queen. Workers can't become queens in ants.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2011 19:35:55 GMT 1
... the new cologne by Jean-Paul Geurtea
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