Each ant colony consists of:

• Queen - The queen begins her life with wings, which she uses while mating. After mating with a male ant (or many males), she _________________________ to her nesting area. She then loses her wings and spends her life laying _________________________.
• Workers - Workers are the many sterile (non-reproducing), wingless female worker ants who are the _________________________ of the queen. These workers collect food and feed members of the colony, defend the colony, and enlarge the nest. Most of the ants in a colony are workers.
• Soldiers - Soldiers are _________________________ workers (sterile females) who _________________________ the colony and often raid other colonies, capturing slaves.
• Males - Males are small ants that have wings. They fly from the colony to mate with a _________________________. They die soon afterwards.