What does hibernation mean?
Some ants species requires hibernation, some kind of rest period. This affects most of the ants species from temperate zone. In hibernation stage the ants colonies will backtrack into deeper soil layers. In this time they don’t require food, brood development is also stopped. However nest area must not dry out. The hibernation stage is more distinct in northern zones, in the Mediterranean area (Southern Europe for example) most ants species only have a slight and short hibernation stage where the ants are mostly still active.
