The Acromyrmex queens made it to Austria, and some more newspapers printed articles: Failed young queens must labour as lowly commoners, New Scientist 19.9.2012, issue 2883 p. 14 Neuanfang für Ameisen, Welt am Sonntag, 23.9.2012 (German) Ab in die Produktion, Junge Welt vom 27.9.2012, page 15 (German) Königinnen können notgedrungen zu Kriegerinnen werden, Der Standard.at,
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Wingless warrior queens in the media II
There are still some people picking up our story on wingless Acromyrmex queens. First of all, Mischa Dijkstra wrote a nice little highlight in his blog. Then an article has been printed on the Science pages of the newspaper Darmstädter Echo (German). And further there is a bunch of articles in all kinds of languages,
Wingless warrior queens in the media
Our article on wingless virgin queens that defend their colonies received quite some attention by the media, in particular in Germany. Among the english language websites that covered the story were The New Scientist and Science Daily: The New Scientist: Spinster queens become commoners Science Daily:Princesses Become Warriors: Young Queens of Leafcutter Ants Change Roles
Forbes: Friends And Foes, At Home and Off-Shore
Commentary by Lionel Tiger on off-shore tax evasion, suggesting to use ants as an ideal and referring to Guerrieri et. al 2009, in Forbes.
Friend or foe? Just follow your nose!
Another bit on Guerrieri et al. 2009Ein weiterer Artikel über Guerrieri et al. 2009
Berlinske Tidene: Kend fjenden på duften
Article on the up-resent model in a Danish newspaper, with a nice cartoon: