Why to choose between ants and microbes when you can have both? @khadlily.bsky.social, @adriatica.bsky.social and co. have been diving into what's happening in the honeypot ant repletes for years, and the first papers are coming out 🎉 (photo copyright: Smithsonian Institution-NMNH-Insect Zoo)
Pranas Grigaitis
Genomic insights into bacterial isolates dominating honeypot ant crop microbiomes reveal metabolically distinct Fructilactobacillus sp. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.09.717501v1
