Chapter 123
Chapter 123 Honestly I’m surprised to see so few ants so far. I don’t think this colony is very old. A wood ant nest can have up to half a million workers in it, I don’t think this one has more than a few hundred. My antennae are constantly pinging in here, flooded with the scent of pheromone trails. Instinctively I’m able to understand what some of them mean, food over this way, brood are to go this way, and so on. The trails are laid out so that workers know where they need to be going at any time, the more workers agree on a particular path, the stronger that trail will become. The Queen has seen me looking around and walks towards me, several ants crawling on her are forced to come along as well. I’m still slightly intimidated by the Queen, she is seriously massive. Uh.... Hi ...
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