Information flow during social feeding in ant societies

In fire ants, social feeding is regulated by two hungers, one among larvae, the other among workers. Workers donate to larvae or to workers hungrier than themselves, and solicit from workers more satiated than themselves. Food flows via a chain of demand initiated by hungry solicitors rather than a chain of transfer initiated by full donors.

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