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In what ways is an ant's life peaceful?  

Answer:

An ant's life is very peaceful because the ants of each category perform their duty very sincerely without disturbing the others. The queen ant is the mother of entire population of the colony. Its life span is about fifteen years. It has a pair of wings which exist till its 'wedding' flight. The queen ant takes this flight on a hot summer 1 day. It goes high up in the air and meets a male ant or drone. Then ^it comes back to earth to lay eggs. Now it is without wings.   In a few days grubs come out of the eggs. Soldier ants guard them while worker ants feed them and help them in growing up. After two or three weeks grubs become cocoons which then break and perfect ants come into sight. New ants are taught and trained by old ants. After a few weeks' training, the small ants become ready to work.    An anthill is also the home of other creatures like beetles, lesser breed of ants and the greenfly. The ants give them shelter because they get sweet juices and pleasant smell from them. The greenfly is the ants' cow. The ants give training to them to give honeydew, which is like milk, with a touch of their antennae. Then they milk it and use the liquid.    Man has learnt many lessons from the ants. But it is unfortunate that he hasn't used these lessons for good purposes. An ant is a tiny teacher and man can still learn hard work, sense of duty and discipline I from it.