12 



Colony 27b — Concluded 



I was compelled to neglect the colony for a time. September 

 25, the nest contained 16 workers and 12 larvse (the latter in poor 

 condition); September 28, 5 eggs and 16 workers; and October 5, 

 2 larvse and 16 workers. 



This colony, consisting of the queen, 2 larvae, and 16 workers, re- 

 mained the same up to November 17, when I found one of the work- 

 ers dead. By November 16 the weather had become much colder, and 

 during the rest of the winter the ants remained in a dormant condi- 

 tion. Owing to the fact that conditions were not just right, or that 

 the ants were not in the best physiological condition to enter hiberna- 

 tion, the latter did not survive the winter. 



An examination of the above data shows that up to September i, 

 this queen had laid 222 eggs; that but 2"] adults were reared from 

 them; that but 3 adults died, one because I had injured it; that 

 4 individuals died or disappeared in the pupal stage, 42 in the larval 

 stage, and 109 in the ^g^ stage. Whatever may have been the cause 

 of the dying of the larva; and pupre, I am sure that at least a large 

 percentage of the eggs was eaten, because many times I found eggs 

 in the nest that hsid been partly eaten. 



