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How studying the food distribution systems of ants helps human food distribution systems.

Ant colony optimization is an approach to applying ant behavior to solving engineering and operations problems. Different ant species, Hoy said, use different kinds of networks of nests and paths in between them to optimize food transportation.

Click here to read the full article “Food By Local Farmers, Distribution System by Ants” by Liv Scott for Ensia.