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gle cells such as bacteria or fungi would eat this honey ii 

 permitted, and it is a wise thing to have it taken care of 

 in this way. It is no punishment to the colony of cells 

 known as the caterpillar, to reconstruct themselves into 

 a butterfly, that is, from an ordinary moving structure or 

 habitation to a flying structure, nor will it be any pun- 

 ishment to this colony of ant building cells to change 

 their moveable habitation into a stationary structure 

 where they can live in comfort and eat all the honey they 

 please. 



FIG. 44. Ants. A, Male of Typhlopone, formerly classed in a separate genus 

 (Dorylus). B, female, formerly classed in a separate genus (Dicthadia). C, 

 Neuter soldier (worker). D, Neuter minor (worker). [Actual size.] WALKER. 



In this case of the social ants, it is clear that the cells 

 of the males and females are in close touch with the 

 whole social community of ants, and as each egg or germ 

 cell is laid it is instructed as to general conditions and 

 as to what is wanted or needed in the colony, and upon 

 such direction the germ cells act and produce a worker, 

 soldier, male or female, according to the order from the 

 outside through the parents. That the cells receive and 



