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The manner in which a Queen ant is chosen differs between the species. One thing the soecies seem to have in common is that, unlike bees, potential Queen ants are not fed a special diet to enable them to become queens.
In some species, the Queen is chosen while she is still in the egg. And within these species, in some cases the egg must come from a Queen that is already two years old, or from a Queen that has been exposed to cold, usually due to overwintering. This seems to be the case with Harvester ants.
In other species, the Queen is simply one that is elevated from the common ranks of the worker ants: after her promotion, her hormone levels change and she becomes fertile, in a process still not understood by entomologists. This occurs in the case of jumping ants, whereby if a queen dies, another worker can simply take her place.
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What is the different between ant and queen ant?
An ant happens to be produced by the queen ant, and the queen ant flies to mate with a male and lays eggs.
What colony does a queen ant Starts?
A queen ant starts a colony of the same type of ant it is. So if the queen is a black ant queen then she will produce black ants, if she is a fire ant queen then she will produce fire ants, etc. (strange question bro)
What is the easiest way to lure a queen ant out of her ant hill?
drown the ant hill and see if the queen ( the biggest ant ) comes out.
What is the food web of the queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly?
It starts with sun, then the grass and, next is a worm, after that is a an ant. Finally is the Queen Alexandra Birdwing.
Is there only one queen ant?
for every anthill there is one queen ant
Is a queen ant important in an antfarm?
Without a queen ant there is no ant farm. The ant farm will die out in a few weeks without one.
How does the Queen ant get in the ant hole if the ant hole is so small?
Altough the Queen ant is big and the hole is small it can still usually fit
Is there a such thing as a queen ant?
A queen ant is an adult, mated female ant in an ant colony; generally the mother of all the other ants in that colony.
Does a queen ant make another queen ant?
yes, because the queen ant does give birth to other female ants which could someday become queens
What do you call the leader of an ant colony?
Yes, ants do have a leader. The queen ant is the leader of all the ants. However, there are ants of a higher rank that tell the lower rank ants what the queen wants. It is sort of like being in the army.
Why do every ant nest have a queen?
An ant nest or a colony have a queen because the queen is the only ant in the whole colony that is able to lay eggs.
What is a queen ant?
The Queen Ant is the ant who is in control of the other ants living in the hole. She is the mother to all of the ants.
