At Home in Nature

Today I saw that the ants decided that summertime had finally come again.They are out looking about for food (and ants are rarely hungry, they are not picky eaters), and doing some repairs to their home.Pretty soon, once their home is in good order again and their pantries are full, they’ll give a thought to the dances of mating season and the externally antisocial colony will make friendly contact with other colonies.

Peace will reign – briefly – in Ant Land, as the ants remember that they have more in common than different.A Queen will be made, her Prince will die, the loyal subjects will accompany Her Majesty to a new home, the mother and father colonies will bring gifts of food and workers.For a while, a tenuous alliance will exist, and then, the New Colony will assert itself, rebel and in independence revel in its new homeland that it subjugates to its will.It will face wars and struggles for survival, invaders, expeditions and adventures, its thousands of millions and billions of members will do remarkable things.

Life is long for a colony, and worth reporting on.