'I'o fdiMii sdiiic C'oiU'liisioii as 1(1 lidw such iiiiiiiito insects ai'e 

 ililc In (Iduiiiialc ci'caturcs even lmii(lr((U of limes their size 

 iiic has hul Id dhsei'X'c their ])ei'sisteuce and the tenacity of 

 ithfir attack. In Fiji 1 cduhl hardly collect any insects, at 

 [■Ii2:hts. \vhi(di did not ii;;\'e a nundier of thi'^( ants attached to 

 flunn. I'>\'( n the powei'l'nl -lune heeth's. { L'liojxxui sp. ) which 

 ;l{strd\- hii\i;c areas of snii,ar-cane hy feedinu' n])dn the roots, 

 \ver( attacked — often as many as two (hi/.eii ants clin'^ing to 

 rhe ]c'4s when ca])tui'e(L Of conrse, it is iinjutssihh' to tell 

 bow hniii these ants had maintained their i2,ri]) njxm the in- 

 >ects, hnt possihly for honrs, since they a])]>arently never ii'ivo 

 ■lip. as lon<i' i:s there is any hope of snecess. 



On dne occasion I discovered two soldiers and a tew 

 ucrkt r- holdinii' a lari;e Derniestid larva, and thong'h 1 watched 

 tlieni for over two honrs they hardly ehani>ed their positions. 

 |Thc only motions that 1 conld observe were that tlie^ ants con- 

 fiinially braced themselves, shifting the feet, and there was a 

 periodic jerking of the abdomen, especially by the soldiers. 



(■o>'TROT. :\rEAsrrLEs. 



Let me em])hasize in the beginning, that with these ants, 

 :inr objects shonld be control and not destruction. Tf these 

 little croatnres, throngh their zeal, come into conflict with 

 some df onr interests, we shonld not at once try to kill thcMii, 

 ilmt, rather, to devise a means to kee]) them ont of trouble. 

 Therefore, df the nnmerons remedies that have been recom- 

 mended for ants, I will not here consider those which ;.im at 

 their destrnction. 



The method devised l)y Mr. E. O. Smith for the ])roteetidn 

 of bees is, like many im])drtant discoveries, bdth sim])le and 

 effective. The corners of the hive are sn])i)oi'ted en the h(»ads 

 of sixty-penny s])ikes, coated with axle grease ( I*lat(^ VIl). 

 Any kind of a frame-work may serve for the attachment of the 

 spikes, but Mr. Smith has finally standardized it; nsing two 

 pieces of 2 x o, which measure just the width of the hive, and 

 a 1 X :>, as lon'j,- as the hive, for a spread -r. In getting out 

 this material at the null, l.'dh s are lidi'(<l intd the :2 x os, so 

 that the nails will all eiitei- the same di-tance. and give no 

 trouble from s])litting. 



