• DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2006.07.015
Corpus ID: 5835320

Communication in ants

@article{Jackson2006CommunicationIA,
  title={Communication in ants},
  author={Duncan Jackson and F. Ratnieks},
  journal={Current Biology},
  year={2006},
  volume={16},
  pages={R570-R574}
}

Duncan Jackson, F. Ratnieks

Published 2006

Biology, Medicine

Current Biology

Research shows that ants, and also honeybees and other species of social insects, use several pheromones or other signals in organizing their foraging system. Two important and connected questions, therefore, are to determine why multiple signals are needed and how they work together. Some progress has been made in the honeybee, where four dances and a pheromone are known to be involved. The role of most of these signals is known. The waggle dance directs foragers to food and recruits them to… CONTINUE READING

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