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[-] Zorcron@lemmy.zip 28 points 3 weeks ago

I’m sure if you took a lone bee away from its hive, it wouldn’t last very long either. Doesn’t mean we aren’t still a part of nature, even if we do try and forget.

[-] InappropriateEmote@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

Well said. To add to that, as for domestication specifically, many aphids are litetally domesticated by ants. But we would never say that those aphids are not found in the wilderness.

Agriculture and domestication are practices undertaken by certain ant species and colonies. These ants use agricultural methods and are known as one of the few animal groups, along with Homo sapiens, to have achieved the level of eusociality necessary to practice agriculture. It is estimated that ants began this practice at least 50 million years ago. The domestication of plant, fungus, and animal species by ants is well documented.