7 Facts About Ants

The Ants That You See Working are Females

As already mentioned in the previous fact, the working ants you often see are female ants. The queen lays several eggs. Most of these eggs turn into female ants. But these are not really fertile females that can lay eggs. On the contrary, they are the ones that continuously work the entire day for the queen, for the benefit of the hive. The working female ants also feed the baby ants or the larvae. They also help in keeping the colony clean from trashes. This pattern of working female ants is seen in other insects such as wasps and bees.

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