Some acacia trees produce little energy/protein bars for ants. They grow out of the tips of the leaves and plants offer them to get aggressive ants to live in the tree which protects it from herbivores. These are called beltian bodies. In other plants similar ant snacks grow on the surface of leaves called pearl bodies. Many plants have little drinking stations for nectar for ants called extra-floral nectaries.
Plants cater to bees with flowers and ants with snack bars and drink stations.
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