The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 89
one who wishes a supplyof honey puts his mouth to the mouth of the ro-tund and drinks as you might drink from afaucet. Should one of these rotunds be crushed,the others eagerly lap up the wasted sweet; butif one should die, the globule of honey held byher is inviolate and is thrown upon the… … A ROOM IN THE NEST OF A HONEY-ANT Rotunds clinging to the ceiling, which is left rough to give good foot-hold. These rotunds are almost helpless and are moved about bythe workers, as shown on the floor. ants and capture larvae and pupae, which theybring to their own nest and raise. The conditionof…
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