Honey pot ant Genus: Myrmecocystus. ... When a new leafcutter queen sets off to start her own colony, she brings along a starter-culture of the fungus. Gliding ant Genus: Cephalotes.

Honeypot ants have found a unique way to stay fed while food is sparse: by stuffing one-fifth of the colony with so much nectar that they warp into living jugs.

Queen Ants and Other Insects Bury Their Dead—Here's Why. ... queens of the black garden ant will bury their co-foundress in the event of her death.

Honey pot ant Genus: Myrmecocystus. ... When a new leafcutter queen sets off to start her own colony, she brings along a starter-culture of the fungus. Gliding ant Genus: Cephalotes.