This is the nuptial flight, when thousands of reproduction-capable male and female ants, called alates, take wing for the first and last time.

有生殖蚁有繁殖能力的雄性和雌性蚂蚁的统称，对成千上有生殖蚁来，这第一、最后的起飞。

After heavy rainfalls, these alates take to the skies, and spread their queen's genes up to a couple hundred meters downwind.

大雨后，这些有生殖蚁飞上天空，把它们蚁后的基因顺风传播几百米远。

From now on, every spring, the colony will produce fertile alate males and females.

从现在开始，每年春天，这个蚁群会繁殖出雄性和雌性有生殖蚁。

After heavy rainfalls, these alates take to the skies, and spread their queen’s genes up to a couple hundred meters downwind.

大雨过后， 这些有翼昆虫飞上天空，将蜂后的基因传播到顺风几百米的地方。