Hi Aaron & all

This is in no way meant as a criticism or put down, but my curiosity was spurred by the use of the word "regale." It occurred to me that this could have been a casual mistake, like "confefe," and behind it was another word. So, I began to search for a possible alternative. The closest I could come up with is "retinue." Other synonyms include: entourage, consort, etc. (Regale and regalia have other, unrelated meanings.)

> When New World army ants emigrate to a new nest location, the queen runs in the column accompanied by a retinue of workers. Schneirla described the queen's retinue or entourage repeatedly and expanded his interpretations of its significance.
Rettenmeyer, C. W., Topoff, H., & Mirenda, J. (1978). Queen retinues of army ants. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 71(4), 519-528.

PLB 

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