At any given time. The ants are on a rotation system.

Xhydralisk said:

At any given time. The ants are on a rotation system.

Source?

This article here says that 40% of an ant colony's workers barely work because they act as a reserve labor force.
https://www.sciencealert.com/many-worker-ants-are-actually-lazy-slackers-but-there-s-a-good-reason-for-that

notfrontloaded said:

Source?

This article here says that 40% of an ant colony's workers barely work because they act as a reserve labor force.
https://www.sciencealert.com/many-worker-ants-are-actually-lazy-slackers-but-there-s-a-good-reason-for-that

That's news to me. I got my information from here:
https://antsauthority.com/do-ants-work-in-shifts/

It seems that the sources agree.
"Do Ants Work in Shifts? Ants work in shifts as they need a break from challenging activities and take rest to revive their energy. Almost 20 to 40% of the nest population is taking rest, while 60 to 80% of members are actively involved in activities. However, they usually get busy with other nest activities like taking care of larvae and food breakdown when taking rest."