Assertion: fire ant's queen | /r/CapableOf | start new colonies
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text: Besides new queens flying to neighboring properties to mate and start new colonies, fire ants are imported by transported nursery stock or sod.
text: The queen needs only half a dozen workers to start a new colony.
text: The queen begins her new colony there, laying eggs and staying with the colony for the rest of her life.
text: After mating, the male ants die, and the mated queens fly off, shed their wings, and start new colonies.