1.   The recruits recruit others, colonies sometimes fighting over a resource, though individuals of this species usually give in to those of other more aggressive Trigona species.

2.   The ants in this so-called supercolony are so genetically similar that different colonies do not fight with one another the way they do in their homeland.

3.   The ants in this so-called supercolony are nearly identical genetically so that different colonies do not fight one another the way they do in their homeland.

4.   The English are the enemy of choice and the new American colonies are fighting for freedom.

5.   Vermont was a free Republic when the other colonies were still fighting for independence.