42 ANTS AND CHILDREN OF THE GARDEN 



ALBERT. Why do you keep your feelers on the move 

 all the time? 



ANT. Why do you hold your hands out and move them 

 when you are walking through the brush in the dark? 

 Besides, our feelers give us much more information than 

 your hands give you. 



ALBERT. If different kinds of ants should conclude to 

 go into partnership and live in the same nest, would they 

 cross feelers when they meet each other? 



ANT. Yes, but not unless they were in partnership. 



ALBERT. I have several joints in the outer half of my 

 feeler, counting my hand and wrist. 



ANT. I have eleven joints in the outer half of my 

 feeler, but only one in the other half a good deal like 

 yours. 



ALBERT. How do you hide your feelers how fix them 

 to keep them from being bitten off? 



ANT. I fold them at the elbow and lay them up and 

 down close against my head. I fix them that way when I 

 talk to strange ants and bugs. 



How Ants Got Scattered Over the World. 



CECIL. As ants are found nearly everywhere, I'd like 

 to know how they get to so many places. 



ANT. They float on logs; form a ball of ants and float; 

 and ride on animals, ships and railroad trains. They also 

 walk, but that's a slow way to travel. Queens may fly or 

 be blown a long distance to form new colonies. 



The Garden Ant. 

 DOROTHY. Look at these little ants. I see them around 



