Ants and apes have entirely different genetic configurations (XY -vs- WO), and it is actually genetically favorable for workers to take care of just the queen's offspring (i.e. a worker ant/bee which raise its nieces passes on more genetic information [to the future generations] than taking care of its own offspring).
Ants and apes have entirely different genetic configurations (XY -vs- WO), and it is actually genetically favorable for workers to take care of just the queen's offspring (i.e. a worker ant/bee which raise its nieces passes on more genetic information [to the future generations] than taking care of its own offspring).