Since then many other scientists have studied honey ants and have discovered fascinating new aspects of their biology, such as tournament displays, intraspecific slavery and inhibition of …

Honey ants in the genus Myrmecocystus inhabit arid and semiarid areas of western North America and are unusual in producing swollen workers called repletes to store the seasonal …

ants have been found in the neighborhood of Santa Fe, and even as far north as Abiquiu, on the BigChama River.1 to me. The sentinels were called out by the application of a straw, and their …

As repletism supposedly occurs within all species of Myrmecocystus, it seems plausible that this key innovation promoted the diversification of honey ants after formation of the North …

In ants, diet is known to influence gut microbial diversity. Ants with more specialized diets have more abundant gut-associated bacteria compared to ants with generalized diets (omnivores) …

We use ultraconserved elements to infer the evolutionary history of Myrmecocystus ants and provide a comprehensive, dated phylogenetic framework that clarifies the molecular …

An increasing number of ants emerged from the nest entrance, and either returned into the nest or ran away from it in various directions, many of them to the north. A few minutes later, however, …

17 days to complete with the relocation of the brood itself taking only 1 to 2 days. During this unexpected move, we observed a large amount of outdoor activity by guard ant and physical …

It is certainly an interesting confirmation of the value of this reasoning from analysis, that the ants have been proved by field observations to have collected their honey-dew as Dr. Wetherill …

The peculiarity in the Honey Ants ( Myrmecocystus melliger) which has attracted the especial attention of naturalists is that one of the castes or worker forms has the abdomen distended to …