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Smell of death tells undertaker bees it's time to remove corpses

Smell of death tells undertaker bees it's time to remove corpses

10 January 2018

Undertaker honeybees get rid of the bodies of dead nestmates, but only those with a good sense of smell are able to do it
How besieged ants decide when it’s time to abandon their nests

How besieged ants decide when it’s time to abandon their nests

5 January 2018

Colonies of turtle ants are often attacked by competing species, and the ants understand enough military strategy to decide when certain nests should be abandoned

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