In the bottom middle of the screen Empires of the Undergrowth pheromone marker assignment panel. Corridors can be improved with the speed tile improvement to further increase the efficiency of nest movement. Ants receive a movement speed penalty when they walk on a Nursery tile improvement so building corridors and closed off rooms allows faster movement around the nest. Your nest design will affect how your colony performs. When an ant dies, the egg on the tile it was born on can hatch for a cost.
Your population is limited to one per nursery tale of that type of ant. These eggs develop and eventually hatch into new ants for your colony. Any idle worker may bring an egg from the queen to a nursery tile.