The German antkeepers call trophallaxis (which sounds like a medical procedure) the much cuter "schwesternkuss" and I think we should steal this word into English-speaking antkeeping because it's better.
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The German antkeepers call trophallaxis (which sounds like a medical procedure) the much cuter "schwesternkuss" and I think we should steal this word into English-speaking antkeeping because it's better.
(I don't know what German scientific articles say, maybe not "sister kissing")
UPDATE: I have been informed that sadly this may just be one weird dude I know who says this and not a cool new trend word in German antkeeping.
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The German antkeepers call trophallaxis (which sounds like a medical procedure) the much cuter "schwesternkuss" and I think we should steal this word into English-speaking antkeeping because it's better.
(I don't know what German scientific articles say, maybe not "sister kissing")
UPDATE: I have been informed that sadly this may just be one weird dude I know who says this and not a cool new trend word in German antkeeping.
@futurebird German here, and I think I have to disappoint you. “Schwesternkuss” seems to *not* be used for that concept.
Sure, search engines suck these days, but I couldn’t verify it with several queries. Sorry.
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@futurebird German here, and I think I have to disappoint you. “Schwesternkuss” seems to *not* be used for that concept.
Sure, search engines suck these days, but I couldn’t verify it with several queries. Sorry.
@andersgeek
I have been active in the German ant forums for many years and I have never seen this word. But it sounds nice
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@futurebird German here, and I think I have to disappoint you. “Schwesternkuss” seems to *not* be used for that concept.
Sure, search engines suck these days, but I couldn’t verify it with several queries. Sorry.
Ok maybe it's just this one guy doing it.
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@andersgeek
I have been active in the German ant forums for many years and I have never seen this word. But it sounds nice
@futurebirdMaybe we can still make this happen!
