Construction Without Coordination: How Ants Build Megaprojects

Construction Without Coordination: How Ants Build Megaprojects

Each leaf-cutter colony can carve out nearly three kilometres of trails from the forest floor every year, investing an average of 11,000 hours into constructing and maintaining them

Science | | Updated: January 23, 2019 07:35 IST
Construction Without Coordination: How Ants Build Megaprojects

The behaviour of insects like ants, bees and termites is usually considered to be governed by stigmergy