why are there so many ants on my desk?

Originally posted by mokko
Ants produce a wide variety of glandular secretions employed for chemical communication.

Pheromones used in social insect communication are usually highly volatile, and their chemistry can be analysed using gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy.

Just learn to speak ant. 😀

Originally posted by aspviper666
Hey,in ant talk you just talked dirty. 😛

Originally posted by mokko
The interests of males have been largely ignored when considering social insect polyandry, probably because of the secondary roles males appear to play in these societies

The desk is made from sugar maple?

Originally posted by mokko
The interests of males have been largely ignored when considering social insect polyandry, probably because of the secondary roles males appear to play in these societies

Originally posted by aspviper666
The desk is made from sugar maple?

Originally posted by aspviper666
The desk is made from sugar maple?

Originally posted by demonseed
If ants are so clever then how come I wiped out a whole species with the aid of some battery acid and a solitary crisp? (Potato chip = crisp you idle proponents of mob rule).

Originally posted by Bowmann
You're such an infant.

Originally posted by murrow
you're presumably fishing for someone to call you a pedant.

but your grammar's not accurate enough for that.
you can be a wannabe pedant if you like.

They're alive again! Who's responsible for these necromantic antics?

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
They're alive again! Who's responsible for these necrom[b]antic antics?[/b]

Originally posted by Nordlys
The antswer, my friend, is "the ants".

Originally posted by Starrman
The ants are my friends,
they're blowing in the wind,
the ants are blowing in the wind.

Originally posted by Nordlys
http://www.chessatwork.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=47366&page=3