Question

When a queen ant dies, what happens to the rest of the colony?

• A. Entire colony dies.
• B. Remaining ants find new colonies to live in.
• C. Soldier ants will take over the roles of the queen ant.
• D. There's no significant change to the colony.

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Entire colony dies.

When a queen ant dies of old age, killed by predators or humans, the colony eventually ends up dying. Queen ant's central purpose is to reproduce. If the colony doesn't have new ants added to it, existing ants slowly eventually die off, one by one. This may take months or even years.