The social insect mind pertains to a group-mind that arises on the mundane physical plane spontaneously from the chaotic interaction of its components (the individual ants etc), as shown through computer simulation.
On the non-physical level though, the social insect mind constitutes a devic consciouness.
Brian Goodwin "All for one," New Scientist, no.2138 (13 June 1998) pp.32-35
