Trophallaxis: nf Trophallaxis (from the Greek trophein: to feed and allassein: to exchange) is a mode of food transfer used by certain hymenopteran insects (Order of insects characterized by the possession of two pairs of shiny membranous wings).
Worker ants, as well as bees and worker wasps, have two stomachs; the first is intended for the digestion of the insect itself. When one of them swallows food, most of the cell ...
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