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How an ant colony can be tricked into betraying its queen

By Nell Greenfieldboyce
Published November 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM MST

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide.

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Nell Greenfieldboyce
Nell Greenfieldboyce is a NPR science correspondent.
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