RinoZ
Anthony wakes up, takes a stroll through the nest and looks mildly confused because there seem to be much less ants than before. Anthony: Greetings little one, where is everyone? Little ant: Everyone is hunting at the Queens request Anthony: Oh, the Queen made a hunting request? For what? Little ant: Sugar cane Anthony: Sugar? Little ant: Yes Eldest Anthony: Hmm, sugar... OH NO, NO NO NO
Interestingly I dont think even carvers have small enough appendages to properly bake cookies, biscuits, or to make tea. So humans may have found a niche that they can always help the ants with, making this a permanent symbiotic relationship, rather than the humans becoming leeches on the Colony as the amount of knowledge they can pass on dwindles.