Assertion: ant's queen | /r/CapableOf | leave the nest
Facets:
value: to found a colony
type: PURPOSE
value: along with some workers
type: OTHER
value: to begin the entire cycle
type: TEMPORAL
value: in massive swarms
type: MANNER
value: at mating time
type: TEMPORAL
value: in search of mates
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Species that have multiple queens may have a queen leaving the nest along with some workers to found a colony at a new site, a process akin to swarming in honeybees.
text: When the conditions are warm and humid, the winged virgin queens and males leave their nests in search of mates.
text: The first phase of colony development is the founding stage, beginning with mating, when winged males and virgin queens leave the nest in massive swarms called nuptial flights, searching out a mate from another colony.
text: It may take a single season or five years before the colony is large enough to enter the reproductive stage, when the queen ant begins to produce virgin queens and males that leave the nest at mating time to begin the entire cycle anew.
text: Species that have multiple queens may have a queen leaving the nest along with some workers to found a colony at a new site,p143 a process akin to swarming in honeybees.