[hyperman1]

There used to be SimAnt.

The game worked great when you simply let it run itself without actually playing it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimAnt

[__MatrixMan__]

I'd play the heck out of an updated version that taught you more about ants while you played it.

[BlueTemplar]

Not sure about the teaching, but there's Empires of the Undergrowth and soon Empire of the Ants ?