A long time ago on the Amiga I played a game called Sim Ant; a highly addictive Ant simulation game released in 1991 by Maxis, that gave you the player control of an Ant colony, from birth, to domination across a garden and into a persons house. It was and still is, a game that I'd recommend to everyone to pick up and play. But if you can't, then it might be worth your time looking towards 'Empires of the Undergrowth', which looks like someone took Sim Ant and put it through a modern Ant Simulation blender.