他们重复这些行动好几次，直到路线确定下来。
They repeated this several times a day until their route was done.
修建运河运输煤炭的公司需要测量员帮助他们找到值得开采的煤矿，并确定运河的最佳路线。
The companies building the canals to transport coal needed surveyors to help them find the coal deposits worth mining as well as to determine the best courses for the canals.
他解释说：“如果蚁群已经找到了一种可靠的方法来确定蚁巢和食物源之间的最佳路线，那么公司经理们就会想，为什么不利用这种知识呢？”
He explains, "If ant colonies had worked out a reliable way to identify the best routes between their nest and food sources, the company managers figured, why not take advantage of that knowledge?"
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