How do social insects like bees and ants coordinate their activities, what chemical signals do they use to make it happen?

Question

How do social insects like bees and ants coordinate their activities, what chemical signals do they use to make it happen?

In: Biology

Answer 1

They release special molecules called `pheromones`. But bees and ants use a wide variety of other methods to communicate: bees “dance” in the air to communicate where they’ve found food (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waggle_dance); ants use touch and sounds. Passing food (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophallaxis) is also an important social tool for them.