The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 87
insects, the ants,do so many strange things that the naturalistsare divided in opinion as to whether they havemerely instinct or are actually possessed of rea-son and intelligence. Ants are closely related to the wasps and bees.With them they form the order of Hymcnoptcra,which the naturalists… … These plumed dandies, though hard to see and find, are com-mon about the matted grasses, rank weeds, and bushes in lowmeadows and damp woods, never far from water. They subsistmostly on vegetable matter and sweets. SOME CURIOUS INSECTS AND THEIR HABITS 283 color as the others in the nest. Those…
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