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The passageways of the nests are enlarged here and there 

 into comparatively large cavities, or chambers (Fig 47) 

 It is m these different chambers that the activities of the 



Fig. 47. — Interior of an ant's nest. 



colony are carried on. The queen lies deep within the 

 interior of the nest in a dry, dark chamber. Here she is 

 carefully tended and fed by the workers, who bear the eggs 



