Small differences in learning speed for different food qualities can drive efficient collective foraging in ant colonies

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    Motivation and food quality can affect the learning speeds and persistence of individual ants when foraging. This effect could drive the choice of specific food sources by a colony without the need for communication between ants or pheromone trails.