Ant queens cannibalise infected brood to limit disease spread, recycle nutrients

The abstract doesn't say, but my guess would be that a mature queen has a more functional immune system than larvae/eggs do.

From the article:

> Ant queens may minimise their risk of contracting infections via cannibalism by swallowing their acidic, antimicrobial venom, to create a gut environment that neutralises pathogens, as reported in workers [6]. Indeed, we anecdotally observed queens grooming the abdominal venom gland opening.

I ate a few poors this week. They looked pretty infected - I hope I don’t get some prion bullshit. It would be so typical.

I'm not sure what this has to do with capitalism. If anything, throwing people in a gulag was a favourite past time of communists and their definition of infectious disease was non-communist thought, which indeed is capable of jumping from one host to another. Scary!