If we can understand how (ants) protect themselves from disease, we might be able to alter their defenses.

We think the ants are actually disinfecting their dead.

They're obviously much more successful here than they are in Europe.

They will tend aphids like little cattle that they farm.

We have received reports that the disease is fast spreading to other farms across the state.

The collapse was really a function of European disease being introduced. The story that's been told about these populations going crazy and creating their own demise may just be simply an artifact of [Christian] missionaries telling stories.