Honey pot ant Genus: Myrmecocystus Honey pot ants have a unique means of surviving in the deserts where they live—they store excess food in the bodies of some of their workers.

Durango Public Library welcomed a new photo exhibit this month based on honeypot ant research completed by retired biology professor John Conway.

Slave-maker ants raid other colonies and take their workers as prisoners. Leaf-cutter ants chew leaves into mulch, which grows an edible fungus. A worker caste of honey-pot ants called repletes swell ...

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are helping to protect honey bee populations while developing new strategies ...

Honeypot ants have found a unique way to stay fed while food is sparse: by stuffing one-fifth of the colony with so much nectar that they warp into living jugs.

But honey from the ballooning ants has a different mechanism to treat ailments. “This discovery means that honeypot ant honey could contain compounds with substantial antimicrobial power; identifying ...

Honey from the abdomen of an ant that lives predominantly in the arid regions of Australia has proven to be effective against the potentially deadly golden staph bacteria, according to a recent study.