Rarely-seen behaviour of ant queens working together is recorded by a BBC film crew.

The ant queen, in one of the strongest plates - she's seen from the rear, clutching a sugar crystal to her face - is like a vamp sheathed in a skintight garment.

She would be the ant queen.

Sarge discovers the tan are holding the ant queen, which explains why they were only attacking the Green Army.

Delirious from an ant bite, Hubbs can barely get his boots on, but is determined to attack the hive and kill the ant queen.

The queen lands on a brown ant nest, find and sting the brown ant queen to death and take her place.

The cleaning women quickly go back to work to make everything ready, comparing themselves to ants that have to serve a "fat ant queen".

And kin selection cannot explain it - the ant queens are not related.

Footage of ant queens working together has been captured by a BBC film crew.

As the sole reproducer in a colony, ant queens are traditionally considered lone figures.