When I do these experiments with older colonies -- so ones that are five years or older -- they're much more consistent from one time to another and much more homeostatic. The worse things get, the more I hassle them, the more they act like undisturbed colonies.
当我对比较年长的蚁群做实验时—— 那些生存五年或更长的蚁群—— 它们从一种情况到另一种情况的转变更稳定， 更能自我平衡。遇到的事越糟糕， 我越打扰它们，他们越表现得不被打扰一样。