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james harvey
from : an ant
“will reform all alphabets wiping out unwanted letters” Velimir Khlebnikov
r B – r’ C > 0
Separate [adj] letters
B number of the offspring of others that an individual will want to help to raise
r relatedness to their own offspring
r’ relatedness to the others‟ offspring
C number of their own offspring they won‟t be able to produce raising others‟
Together is greater than 0 and their inheritance
With large letter B offspring help each other and their mother raise her young their siblings
With strong altruism large letter B their inheritance is up to all individuals of their population
Working together AN ANTS‟ NEST
together is greater than 0 and their inheritance
an ant returning to nest
from food source
lays down short-lived trail
of attracting and orientation
pheromones
reciprocation
usually exceeding
evocation
so structure remains in place
diffusing to centimetre wide chain of semiellipsoids
attracting pheromones induces ant
at nest attracting pheromones induces ants
stronger to ants than orientation pheromones
through scent receptors on their antennae
from Dufours gland near their anuses
attracting pheromones
follows
lays own trail on return
structure remains in place
temporarily
induces
with pheromones back down semiellipsoid trail
others
their antennae feeling up to edge to steer them
lay down own trail on existing trail
lays down own trail of ants one ant
lays down own trail of ants one trail
large letter B large number of offspring altruists help raise for others
r’ is relatedness to the other‟s offspring
an ant‟s pheromones secreted to trail
returning laden with food
the many ants reciprocation
exceeding the ant‟s evocation
trail remains in place
fixed structure
food at site not so tempting
or further away
reciprocation not exceeding ant‟s evocation
faced with intransigence at nest
gentler behaviour is required
ants in nest need more persuading
ant brushes them with her antennae
displays regurgitated food in her mandibles
leads them out with outgoing pheromone trail
they advertising site to others
or not
with their return
as or if food at site decreases
too many ants are recruited
signalling decreases
pheromones dissipate
signalling breaks down
break up trail
C is the number of their own offspring they won‟t produce raising others‟
C is number of their own offspring they won‟t produce while raising others‟
a foraging ant
returning to the nest from outside
lays down her find seeing misplaced larva
a nursemaid ant
stops feeding nest‟s larvae
leaves nest
recruited by forager
defined by
as
individual
not individual self-protectiveness
with trusting
movement outward away from individual care-fullness
a window opened in space and time
the physical attributes in Atta sexdens
medium sized ants emerge from their pupae
with large poison glands
containing recruiting substances
for recruiting others
for foraging
and leafcutting
smallest ants emerge from their pupae
with large exocrine glands
producing secretions for larval feeding
antibiotics for caring for young
and fungus gardening
large letter B their inheritance is up to all individuals of their population
large letter B inheritance is up to all individuals of their population
an ant receiving cues
and signals
cues information coming from many ants
to one ant
signals from one ant to many ants
an ant strikes her alarm signal
emptying entire contents
of both paired mandibular glands
on seeing an intruder
the active space
as pheromone dissipates
low concentration
reaching out to six centimetres
attracts other ants in
from its epicentre to three centimetres
high concentration
brings aggressive behaviour in ants towards intruder
beyond six centimetres
after thirty seconds
pheromone‟s power is lost
accuracy
then multiplied
if intruder attack more serious
another ant
empties entire contents of both paired mandibular glands
another
B is the number of offspring of others that individual will want to help to raise
r’ is relatedness to others‟ offspring
a female larva
cared for by colony members
to become queen
to become major worker (also called soldier)
to become minor worker
will begin the same
as egg
large larva entering her pupation
grows body parts disproportionate to each other
specialised to task of being queen or soldier
keeps it for life
small larva entering her pupation
grows body parts more in proportion
proportioned number of different roles
throughout life
queen‟s
exquisite adventurous sexual flight
then
giving birth to others
soldier‟s
seeing to death and destruction
negation and liberation
from control from outside
worker‟s
production small assurances of making
to set up life
set to counter death
r is relatedness to nest‟s offspring
r is relatedness to his own offspring
a male ant
among fifty
flying
hovering
in a swarm
its diameter up to six feet
each individual for himself
facing into wind
above farmyard clearing in juniper wood
roughly held circular hovering together
centre five or six feet above ground
r is relatedness to her own offspring
a female ant
among four others
flying
with intent
each individual for herself
enters
slowly circles
through swarm
in less than five minutes
she is mounted by male
male and female drop together to the ground
landed on the ground
the male ant inserts his penis
the female ant
walks slowly around carrying him
taking
about half a minute
after
one or two minutes
inseminated queen
doubling up
pushes male off her with her head
r is relatedness to their own offspring