NATURE'S CRAFTSMEN 



perches, workers of all castes ran eagerly to them and 

 dragged them into the unbroken interior. Sometimes 

 several united in removing one rotund. A single major 

 was seen dragging a rotund by interlocked mandibles up 

 the perpendicular face of a cutting, backing up the 

 steep with her bulky protege. Thus the behavior of 

 the active class of the commune showed that honey- 

 bearers are classed with dependants and receive care 

 which cannot well be accounted for save by value at- 

 tached to their stored food. 



Hoping to prove beyond doubt the functions of 

 honey-bearers, a number were placed along with work- 



WORKER HONEY ANTS DRAWING HONEY-BEARERS INTO A GALLERY 



AND UP A PERPENDICULAR SURFACE 



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