Exploring black garden queen ants: Their habitat, diet, and why they eat their own larvae
The black garden queen (Lasius niger) ant plays a crucial role in the survival and growth of her colony. As the sole ...
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Ant Queens Boost Their Immune System With Sex
This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s good to be the queen—the ant queen, that is—because mating does wonders for her immune system. When exposure ...