Facts about ant ππ―π€ Most ants you see are female Ants have a caste system, where responsibilities are divided. The queen is the founder of the colony, and her role is to lay eggs. Worker ants are all female, and this sisterhood is responsible for the harmonious operation of the colony. Their tasks range from caring for the queen and the young, foraging, policing conflicts in the colony, and waste disposal. Workers will most likely never have their own offspring. The vast majority of eggs develop as workers, but once the colony is ready the queen produces the next generation of reproductives which will go on to start own colonies. A female antβs fate to become a worker or queen is mainly determined by diet, not genetics. Any female ant larva can become the queen β those that do receive diets richer in protein. The other larvae receive less protein, which causes them to develop as workers.
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