eli5 – How do ants know where there is sugar?

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How do ants know I’ve dropped a piece of candy in my room and gather their squad to eat it when there were no signs of ants previously? Do they smell that there’s sugar? Even so, how? The world seems so huge to them to know where to scout

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Does this also explain why every morning, and without fail, I find dead or dying ants inside my electric kettle? Are they leaving pheromones as they die, indicating they’ve found water?

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