The Secret Language Of Ants

The Secret Language Of Ants

Have you ever seen an ant hill ? Have you ever seen a trail of ants? You might have noticed that ants are usually together. That’s because ants live in groups. These groups are called colonies. Think of an ant colony as a family .The members of the colony work together. By working together, they complete many jobs. They build their home. They produce ant babies and they find food. Ants are very good at working together. When people work together, they usually talk to each other. Scientists wondered if ants talked to each other, too. To find out, people tested ants. Someone put a nail into a ceiling. A piece of string was tied to the nail. At the end of the string, there was a jar of sweet jam. Then an ant was placed in the jar of jam. This was to see whether it would tell other ants about the food. After a while in the jar, the ant found its way out. It walked up the string to the ceiling.