The black garden queen (Lasius niger) ant plays a crucial role in the survival and growth of her colony. As the sole ...

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 ...

Elusive ant queen pheromone tracked down Date: July 14, 2010 Source: University of Copenhagen Summary: Much like humans, social insects such as ants and bees behave differently when their mother ...

The larva of a Monomorium triviale queen ant looks like an alien doll (Image credit: Idowaga et al., doi: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5105.2.5, CC BY 4.0). Every queen needs a crown. For the queen ant ...