We grow dahlias in our garden. I regularly cut a few and bring them home for a dinner table bouquet. Unfortunately the blossoms often have some ants in them, presumably harvesting the pollen or something. So when I get them home and put them in vase (glass) on the kitchen counter I soon see ants running around the counter, all confused because they can't find the trail which will lead them back to their nest.
Hence my question: is it possible for an ant from colony A of species Z to find and be accepted by ants also of species Z but from colony B? Or would they identify the ant as an interloper who needs to be rejected, shunned, or attacked? Assuming the latter to be true I put them out of their misery by squishing.
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