Collective Decision Making in Temnothorax Ant Colonies

Guiding Questions

  1. When does an ant turn red? What causes it to change back to black?
  2. When does the progress bar for a given nest increase? Does it depend on the color?
  3. Use your answers from questions 1-2 to try and determine the "rule" that is being used by individual ants to sense quorum.

Nest A Settings

Nest B Settings