Working Together to Survive Ants are amazing creatures, Like people, they depend on each other to survive. Most ants live in large groups called ant colonies, Colonies are small ant cities where members share important tasks. These include building nests, gathering food, and protecting the colony. Building Together It takes many ants to build a nest Different types of ants build different in the first paragraph on page 1, the phrase "Colonies are small ant cities" means most cities where people live have many ant colonies ant colonies are made up of tiny buildings and streets, like cities where people live ant colonies look just like cities where people live many ants live in colonies and work at different jobs, just as people do in real help me​