What happens when you kill the queen ant?

If it is your aim to kill the queen ant to rid your property of an ant colony, you can choose one of several different methods. These tactics target the entire colony with the hopes the queen will go down with all other ants that perish. read more

In most monogynous ants (ants which only have one queen per colony), the entire colony will slowly die out. But it will take a while. In some species, it will trigger a laying worker phenomenon, where worker ants will start producing eggs. read more

Another one of the worker ants will become the queen. All of the worker ants in a nest are female so one will just take over. Male ants are the ones you see flying around. But needless to say, you are still going to have ants. read more