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Evidence of intercolonial food exchange in fire ants and other Myrmicinae, using radioactive phosphorus

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Food exchange occurred as an appeasement response in distant ant colonies ofSolenopsis invicta, S. geminata, andPheidole dentata. More regurgitated radioactive fluid was given to major workers than to minors by the donors from the alien colonies of these species.

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    Present address: Institut für Angewandte Zoologie der Universität Bonn, An der Immenburg I, D-5300, Bonn 1, Federal Republic of Germany

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  1. Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, 32611, Gainesville, Florida, USA

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Bhatkar, A.P. Evidence of intercolonial food exchange in fire ants and other Myrmicinae, using radioactive phosphorus. Experientia 35, 1172–1173 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01963268

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