Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 377
rush from the nest to the molasses; none of theants showing the hesitation of the original dis-coverers, but rushing straight to the paper,swarming over it, and surrounding the drop,where they stood drinking with the greatesteagerness. As many as fourteen could be seenfeasting at one time,… … ANTS EATING MOLASSES. AND ANTS AT HOME Now, all these ants had been in the nestnearly twenty-four hours, ignorant of the sup-ply of food that had been placed outside,and their general rush toward it as soon as thetwo pioneers had returned from the region of plenty gives strong evidence that a…
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