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recommended by Howard Rheingold,  He says: "Mark Elliott claims that Wikipedia is an example of how people use online media stigmergically." Mark Elliott says (from the site): "As stigmergy is a method of communication in which individuals communicate with one another by modifying their local environment, it is a logical extension to apply the term to many types (if not all) of Web-based communication, especially media such as the wiki."

Talking about ants, Andrés Acevedo mentioned this book saying: Dan  Suarez's novel Kill Decision, is about what might happen if  drones were run by software based on model of ant behavior.  There is a clear explanation of stigmergy and how ants use pheromones to coordinate action.  I don't think it's giving the plot away to say that bad thing happen.