We must communicate with ants. If we could form effective communication, offer the species the proper phermones for an alliance, we could change our world so much more effectively. The deal would be simple. We would use our modern methods to provide them with all the food they would ever need so they wouldn't have to forage, and they would provide us with thier construction talents. Imagine ants laying fiberoptic cables. Imagine a tiny computer for the queen. Imagine 500 billion ants converging on one construction site to build a tower. Imagine boundaries. Have ants in the house, but make it clear to what is off limits. Glorious.

The one danger is that once we taught them our ways, they would no longer need us.