Would an ant colony be sensitive to the sound of something like an angle grinder?

[PrinceHaz]

I have a large pot containing a grape vine. It is absolutely riddled with ants (haven’t done anything to move them on apart from regular watering).
Today, DP rang me to say that there were so many of them on top of the pot that you literally couldn’t see the earth. There were also many flying ants flying all over the patio area.
He said that the only thing he could think might have bothered them might be the angle grinder in the next garden - could the vibrations have affected them?
Also, will the whole colony have departed or will I find the pot just as infested, tomorrow?

Flying ant day! It’s to do with heat not angle grinders. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/53395372

Wow. That’s amazing. Will they come back to the pot or will they all have emerged with the queen?

I'm afraid ime ants do not vacate - they send their young off on wings and then carry on as before. Bitter experience of infested pots never cleared... sorry

It's just a Flant Day. Humid, warm, low wind, queens ready to take flight, males ready.

The males die/feed lots of birds, the mated females shed their wings and start new colonies.

Diatomaceous earth might get rid of them, but it may be that they are doing no harm and can coexist with the vine? I admit that I try to leave them be unless I really can't.

It was flying ant day today in my garden, it's all over in a couple of hours. The blackbirds hoovered up a lot of them, never had them in a pot though.

Love Flying Ant Day! Usually end up with a tonne of swifts/swallows/house martins swooping about above my balcony. Brilliant stuff.

Didn't know about the wings falling off the females, that is so interesting, thank you.

I tolerate them under the flags of the terrace because they do such a great job of spreading the Cyclamen seeds

Don’t know about ants, but Bees and wasps , yes.
we had some ground nesting bees - knew they were there in part of garden we semi wilded
come late august, husband took in mower to “make hay” and encourage next years flowers. He was avoiding directly going over where entrance hole was to the nest , kep a good distance we thought,
within a few minutes I looked up to see husband sprinting out . He abandoned the lawn mower. But it was covered in bees.
he wasn’t luckily - no stings , but he’s a fast mover 🤣
he turned everything off at mains, but an hour later mower was still covered. The bees were definitely not happy 😱
it wasn’t till about 3 hours later we could retrieve the mower.

he bought a good old fashioned scythe the next year- no problems at all.