Assertion: fire 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
type: TEMPORAL
value: to begin the entire cycle
type: TEMPORAL
value: at mating time
type: TEMPORAL
value: in massive swarms
type: MANNER
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: 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: One or more queens leave the nest to begin a new colony.
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.
text: Budding occurs when one or more queens and some workers leave the nest to begin and care for a new colony, thus avoiding some of the perils and pitfalls of swarming.
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.