The idea that ants are mindless drones just got a bit more complicated:
“Although self-organized systems appear very effective under the assumption that all individuals follow the same simple set of rules, the presence of key, well-informed individuals altering their behavior according to their prior experience might generally enhance performance even further,” wrote biologists from the University of Bristol and the University of Toulouse in an Aug. 24 Journal of Experimental Biology paper.
– Pioneering Ants Challenge Self-Organization Assumptions | Wired Science | Wired.com.