why do ants live in colonies?

Answer 1

Ants have been living on the Earth for more than 100 million years and can be found almost anywhere on the planet. It is estimated that there are about 20,000 different species of ants. For this reason ants have been called Earth's most successful species.
Ants build many different types of homes. Many ants build simple little mounds out of dirt or sand. Other ants use small sticks mixed with dirt and sand to make a stronger mound that offers protection from rain. Western Harvester ants make a small mound on top, but then tunnel up to 15 feet straight down to hibernate during winter. Ant mounds consist of many chambers connected by tunnels. Different chambers are used for nurseries, food storage, and resting places for the worker ants. Some ants live in wood like termites. Army ants don't make a home at all but travel in large groups searching for food.
Sociology: Ants are social insects, which means they live in large colonies or groups. Some colonies consist of millions of ants. There are three types of ants in each species, the queen, the sterile female workers, and males. The male ants only serve one purpose, to mate with future queen ants and do not live very long. The queen grows to adulthood, mates, and then spends the rest of her life laying eggs. A colony may have only one queen, or there may be many queens depending on the species. Ants go through four stages of development: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.

Answer 2

Why do you live in a town or a city? You were born there or moved there, you work there, you buy groceries there, and interact with others. Ants have colonies as their versions of a city or town. They live, work, eat, are born there. Why are they organized? To protect and care for the Queen that produces the offspring. So every ant colony is just a miniature England

Answer 3

because the colony is the real animal with a collective consciousness
a single ant is like a single cell
but together the colony is like a giant being
the same goes for bees and termites
take one away from the main body for long enough it will die

Answer 4

WTF! Ants only go where there's food. Take the lighting fixture out side and spray it down with some bug spray. There should be a glass separation between the light and the water, anyway. Next time, smear some vaseline on the light cord so there is no route for them to get up there.

Answer 5

Because they survive by means of synergy.
The effort of each member in synchronicity with the effort of others is a lot more effective than the sum of all efforts by themselves.

Answer 6

the short answer. The shape of their bodies and Da Queen

Answer 7

To protect their queen and their eggs.

Answer 8

beacuse they have to live somewhere! and i ceratinly dont want them up above ground!

Answer 9

to protect each other