PROBLEM OF COMMUNAL DEPENDENTS 



It is appalling to think that upon the industrious work- 

 ers devolves the task of providing food (Fig. 76), home 

 quarters, and protection for the many millions of robust 

 creatures that were overwhelmed in the waters of Lone- 



Fig. 76 ARRIVAL OF THE FOOD-BEARERS AMONG THE WINGED 



DEPENDENTS 



some Lake, together with the multitudes that must have 

 escaped. And all this in addition to the nurture and 

 care of an equal or even greater number of immature 

 citizens in the form of eggs, larva?, and pupa?! That 



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