وقدAndيصلmay reachارتفاعheightالتلالhillsوالكثبانand dunesالتيthatتأويthey shelterإليهاin themالنمالantsواتخذand takeفيهاin themبيوتهاtheir homesإلىtoعلوa heightمترof a meterأوorمترينtwo metersمنfromالقطرthe diameterإلىtoالقاعدةthe base.وربماAnd perhapsشيدتconstructedمرتفعاتsimilar elevationsمتماثلةidenticalوإنand ifلمdid notتكنbeفيatمثلsuchهذاthisالعلوheightعلىalongطريقthe roadأوorموازيةparallelلسياجto the fenceطويلlongمنofالأعشابthe grass.وقدAndتنشئmay createمساكنهاher dwellingsفيinثناياcrevicesالصخورthe rocksالمشقوقةthat are splitوأسوارand wallsالمنازلthe houses,وربماand perhapsأنشأتهاbuilt itداخلinsideالبيوتthe houses,أوorفيinثقوبholesالخشب،the wood,أوorفيinجذوعtrunksالأشجارthe trees.
The height of the hills and dunes where the ants take shelter and make their homes may reach a height of one or two meters from diameter to base. Perhaps similar elevations, even if they are not at such height, are constructed along the road or parallel to a long fence of grass. They may create their dwellings in the crevices of the split rocks and the walls of houses, or perhaps they built them inside the houses, or in the holes of wood, or in the trunks of old trees.
تلاقحpollinationالنملants
Pollination of ants
وفيAnd inزمنtimeبعينهpreciselyمنfromكلeveryعامyear—-يختلفvariesتبعًاaccording toلاختلافthe differenceأنواعtypesالنملof ants—-يخرجemergeالذكورmalesمنfromواديهمtheir valley—-جماهيرcrowdsوطوائفand groups،,وتخرجand emergeالإناثfemalesمتهيئاتreadyللإخصابfor fertilizationفيinذلكthatالوقتtime。.
And in a specific time of each year - which varies depending on the types of ants - the males emerge from their valley in crowds and groups, and the females come out ready for fertilization at that time.
فيطيرand fliesالذكورthe malesفيinأثرها،its trail,ويلتقيand meetsالفريقانthe two teamsفيinالجو،the air,ويتمand this is doneهذاthisالتلاقحpollination,— عادة— — usually—فيinوقتtimeحار.hot.
The males fly in its trail, and the two teams meet in the air, and this pollination usually occurs in a hot time.
ومتىAnd whenكانwasالذكرthe maleأكبرlargerمنthanالأنثىthe femaleبكثيرmuchلجأresortedإلىtoالإخصابfertilizationفيinالهواءthe airحيثwhereتحملهcarries itالأنثىthe femaleعلىonظهرها.her back.
And when the male was much larger than the female, it resorted to fertilization in the air where the female carries it on her back.
فإذاSo ifتناسبcorrespondsجسمهhis bodyوجسمهاand her bodyفإنهthen heيقبضgrabsعليهاon herوهيand sheطائرةis flyingثمthenتتمis completedعمليةthe processالإخصابof fertilizationعلىonالأرضthe ground.ولاAnd does notتلبثlastعمليةthe processالتلقيحof pollination——عادةusually——إلاexceptبضعa fewدقائق.minutes.ثمThenيأتيcomesذكرanother maleآخرanotherفيinلقحfertilizesالأنثىthe femaleنفسهاherselfمرةagain.ومهماAnd no matterيكنit isمنofأمرthe situationفإنthenالذكورthe malesبعدafterأنthatتتمis completedتلقيحfertilizationالإناثthe femalesتظلremainهائمة،wandering,تعسفgetting lostالطريقthe wayعلىonغيرwithoutهدى،guidance,وقدand hasامتلأتfilledنفسهاherselfيأسًا،with despair,وأحستand feltفيinأعماقthe depthsنفسهاherself —أنهاthat sheقدhasأصبحتbecomeمتبطلة،abandoned,عديمةdevoidالجدوى.of usefulness.ثمThenلاdoes notتلبثlast longأنthatيقتلهاkills herالغمgriefوالأسى،and sorrow,أوorتلتهمهاdevours herالطيورthe birdsوسباعand beastsالحشرات!of insects!
So if his body and her body correspond, then he grabs her while she is flying, and then the process of fertilization is completed on the ground. The process of pollination usually does not last more than a few minutes. Then another male comes and fertilizes the female again. And no matter what happens, the males — after the fertilization of the females — remain wandering, losing their way without guidance, filled with despair, and feel deep down that they have become useless and abandoned. Then she does not last long before grief and sorrow kill her, or the birds and beasts of insects devour her!
أماAs forالإناثthe femalesفتقويthey fallإلىtoالأرضthe ground——بعدafterأنthatتتمthe process is completedعمليةthe processالإخصابof fertilization——وتقطعand they cutأجنحتهاtheir weak wingsالضعيفةweakثمthenتذهبthey goالنمالthe worker antsالعاملةthe workerبحثًاsearching forعنforهذهtheseالإناثthe femalesفتجمعهاthen they gather themذاهبةgoingبهاwith themإلىtoواديهاtheir valleyالذيwhichخرجتthey came outمنه.from it.
As for the females, they fall to the ground — after the process of fertilization is completed — and cut their weak wings, then the worker ants go searching for these females, gathering them and taking them to their valley from which they came out.
وإذاAnd ifرأيناwe sawفيinعالمthe worldالنحلof beesملكةa queenواحدةoneمخصبةfertilized،,فإنناthen weنرىsee——علىonالعكسthe contraryمنthanذلكthatفيinواديthe valleyالنملof antsكثيرًاmanyمنofالإناثfemalesالمخصباتthat are fertilized،,فيinوقتtimeواحدone،,ومكانand placeواحدone..
And if we saw in the world of bees one fertilized queen, then we see — on the contrary — in the valley of ants many fertilized females, at one time, in one place.