Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 235
fe-male insects. Theseneuters exhibit in the termites a further division intoordinary workers (Figs. 1, 4), which perform themultifarious duties connected with the ordinary life ofthe colony, and soldiers (3), which perfectly exem-plify the laws of military organization in higher life,in that they… … Fig. 1. 1, Winged termite ; 2, wing-less termite ; 3, soldier ; 4, worker;5, female swollen with eggs. What I Saw in an Ants Nest 211 of duties. They biiild tlie nests, make the roads, at-tend to the wants of the young, train up the latter inthe ways of ant existence, wait on the sovereigns of…
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