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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 419

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A RAID OF SLAVE-MAKING ANTS. CURIOUS HABITS AND STRUCTURESOF ANTS The wonderful and queer little 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… … GALLS ON OAKS FROM WHICH THE HONEY-ANTS GETTHEIR STORES.These galls are produced by one of the Cynips, a tiny gall-fly. Thenectar collects in tiny white globules on the surfaces of the gallswhich still contain the immature fly. With them they form the order of Hymcnoptcra,which the naturalists…

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