Aesop got the ant all wrong when he wrote his fable about the grasshopper. In fact, only a small group of ants in the colony did most of the work, while the others hung out and stayed out of the way. Crowding too many ants into the tunnel where they were working impeded progress. In fact, allowing some ants to focus on digging while others were idle accomplished the most while expending the least amount of energy.
