They also keep the colony clean, removing dirt and debris and the dead. Soldiers are equipped with larger heads, a hard armorlike covering and larger and stronger jaws. They will attack insects, both for protection and for food. They can carry up to 50 times their weight. Or they may go as far as away as 600 feet and return with a single seed to store deep in the nest for the future- similar to a man walking 6 miles to the store and back for a loaf of bread.
Ant colonies depend on the female of the species for their creation and their continued existence.
The queen and all the workers are female. Interestingly, scripture clearly indicates the female gender of workers ants-a fact that could not have been known when the Quran was revealed and certainly not when the Old Testament was written. God has provided some amazing ways of life among the many species of ants. There are ants which steal eggs from other ant colonies and raise them as slaves. There are army ants which are constantly moving and hunting down insects.