Why is the Queen ant the only one with wings...?

Question

The Queen ant never leaves the ant farm right? Furthermore, she always is pregnant, so why does she have wings?

Answer 1

The queen only has wings when she is a "virgin" queen. When spring comes here and all the males of the same species and other queens gather in an area and mate in what is called a nuptial flight. After she has mated she tears off her wings and goes to start a new hive.

The males are also winged and die after they mate.

If you see a ant with wings then it is either a virgin queen or a male.

Answer 2

First off, male ants are also winged. They live only to fly, mate, and die. Females have wings so they can leave the colony in which they were born to mate and start a new colony. Generally, once the mated female finds a good spot to start a new home she chews her wings off and eats them.