the colony is not managed.
it is watched.

Lays every egg in the nest and never leaves the chamber.

Runs on pheromone feedback, not decisions.

Fastest runner on the tube. Sets the pace the others copy.

Path integration, resets at the gate.

Moves brood between the warm and cool ends all day.

Temperature gradient following.

Leaves first, comes back with the worst ideas.

High exploration bias, low trail fidelity.

Parks at the tube mouth and inspects everything that passes.

Cuticular hydrocarbon matching.

Carries seed fragments to the granary, drops half of them.

Load-dependent trail deposition.

Cuts the big pieces down until they fit the corridor.

Mechanoreceptor-driven, mostly reflex.

Maps the arena edges nobody else bothers with.

Polarised-light compass.

Feeds larvae by trophallaxis, mouth to mouth.

Hunger-signal response only.

Hauls spent husks out to the midden pile.

Necrophoresis triggered by oleic acid.

Rides the tube in both directions for no clear reason.

Weak trail commitment, high curiosity.

Excavates and re-packs the chamber walls after every rain.

Stigmergic digging, builds where others dug.