HOW ARE ANTS SIMILAR TO BEES? Ants are actually quite similar to bees in many ways. Just as bees build their hive, ants also build their anthill. They are hardworking and hardworking. They are small, but can lift 10-50 times their own weight! Ants collect soil, dried mud, plant remains, twigs and leaves to build intricate structures with compartments inside where they live. The mound we see on the ground is the roof of the magnificent anthill. Like bees, ants also have a social structure and specific functions. The queen ant lays eggs and is responsible for reproduction together with the males. It is larger than drones and has wings. The other females, worker ants, go out in search of food, feed the other ants and build the anthill. There are some lazy ants that do nothing. They grow a pair of wings soon after birth, fly into the air and die. Both ants and bees are extremely eusocial organisms. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ANTS:  A specific species of ants found in Central America and South America: M. smithii is exclusively a female-only species. The queen ant reproduces asexually and all new ants are clones of the