BULLETIN 



L1BRAK 



NEW YO 



OF THE 



WISCONSIN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. botanic 



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Vol. 8. , OCTOBER, 1910. No. 4 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Milwaukee, Sept. 29, 1910. 



The regular meetings were resumed this evening. 



President Earth in the chair. 35 people present. 



Minutes of last regular meeting read and approved. 



The resignation of Mr. H. Bussel from the committee for pro- 

 grams for section meetings was read and accepted. A communication 

 from the Milwaukee County Dental Society was read, inviting the 

 members of the Society to be present at a lecture by Dr. W. G. Ebersole 

 of Cleveland, Ohio, on Oral Hygiene, Dental Inspection of Public 

 Schools and Free Dental Clinics.' 



The nomination of Miss Lucie Harmon, 172 21st St., to active mem- 

 bership, was presented by Mr. Ward, and referred to the board of 

 directors, who subsequent^ elected Miss Harmon to membership. 



Mr. Alfred C. Burrill gave the evening's lecture on The Basis of 

 Ant-Socialism. Mr. Burrill presented a brief review of castes in an 

 ant colony, the present swarming activities about Milwaukee,' and two 

 of the methods- of founding - of ant colonies ; the first being the reprisal 

 of a dealated queen by workers and the resulting communal life, 

 the second', the solitary activity of the dealated queen who founds her 

 home alone and begins one of the largest periods of apparent starva- 

 tion of an active creature in the animal kingdom. This oppositeness 

 of founding methods proves that the communal tie is not blood re- 

 lationship as often stated. For we see the circle of nurse ants attend- 

 ing the queen whether they be members of the colony of her adoption, 

 or her own daughter. 



With the aid of lantern slides the lecturer featured an anatomical 



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