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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 28357771" data-attributes="member: 562115">In many insect societies, when the queen dies, the entire colony dies along with her due to the lack of reproduction.However, there are variations to this too. in Indian jumping ants (Harpegnathos saltator), “caste switching” occurs after the queen’s death. While the queen is alive, she secretes pheromones that prevent female worker ants from laying eggs, but when she dies, the workers sense the lack of pheromones and begin fighting each other to take on the top role.</blockquote>

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