Ants may also come inside in search of water, particularly when the weather is hot. Some species prefer to build their nests ...

However, all forms of honey ants have: Smooth, shiny bodies Hourglass shapes Antennae Throughout ... They prefer to build nests in cool, shady areas, so you are most likely to find a honey ...

The queens in colonies of social insects, such as ants, bees, and wasps ... "They themselves assume all tasks in the nest, ...

These nests typically have two or more species of ants in the colony ... special adaptations like enlarged glands and sharp sickle-shaped mandibles (Figure 4). Glandular secretions released ...

A lot of babies. Their mother, the queen, roams around the nest while laying 1,500 eggs a day! Now, all those baby ants need to live in a narrow temperature range to grow, so that nest sports ...

"All the ants in the nest are sisters, and they have common ... robotics that deals with possible ways of moving an unusually shaped object—say, a piano—from point A to point B in a complex ...

Enthusiastically social insects, ants typically live in structured nest communities that may be located underground, in ground-level mounds, or in trees. Carpenter ants, which include more than a ...

Fire ants are a dangerous, invasive species. They also make incredibly complex nests. David Gatlin found a way to get rid of ants nests and create beautiful art at the same time: he pours 1,400 ...

It seems that the tiny wood ant is something of an expert on reusable energy. The intelligent design of the nest makes it a perfect place to live. Gabrielle Flinn from the RSPB explained that the ...

Residents in the fire ant suppression zone are pleading for more support as numbers of nests and bites "explode" after Cyclone Alfred. In the Queensland government's so-called inner suppression ...