This is interesting! (I can't say I realized that worker ants are female either :dragneyes: )
I do wonder (and maybe you know) if the choice of feminine pronoun for the ant here has more to do with the translator dealing with ancient Hebrew's grammatical gender. Perhaps the biblical Hebrew word for "ant" is just feminine?
(Not trying to reply guy or anything I am just a language nerd enjoying the thread and you seem both fairly knowledgeable and interested in details like this 💙)
futurebird