SUMMER INDUSTRIES 



clearing. The weeds had grown up as closely as 

 they dared, and were held back from the forbidden 

 grounds by the insects, whose energy and skill 

 could easily limit their bounds." 



Of a leaf-cutting and seed-gathering ant of 

 Dalmatia we are told that it collects seeds and allows 

 them to begin to sprout before taking any further 



TERMITES OR WHITE ANTS. 



The " royal chamber " of a termitary, containing the queen, 

 as long as a first finger, surrounded by worker- termites and 

 soldier-termites with big jaws. 



step. This seems contradictory to what is reported 

 of other ants that they treat the seeds in such a way 

 by nibbling them or injecting formic acid that 

 they cannot sprout. In the case of the Dalmatian 

 ant the collected seeds have hard coats, and the 

 beginning of sprouting may serve to burst them. 

 When this has been done the ants expose the seeds, 



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