The ants are all working, everyone gets resources. The percentage of unemployed is miserable, one queen for the whole ant.
You are breathing, comrade. In any antshop there is a significant percentage of individuals who normally do NOT work. This "strategic reserve for emergency situations" is included in the general activity when the family is threatened with death. True, until it has not been determined whether it is constantly the same ants' Emergency Emergency Services, or whether the ants go on vacation in turn.