154 ANTS ANT) CHILDREN OF THE GARDEN 



CECIL. 



A, B, C, G and II were built in earth cracks that had 

 become filled with gravel and dirt. Each was a tall 

 apartment, made up of a number of small chambers, 

 galleries and pillars. 



D and E looked like grain chutes. 



J and F each had a wooden ceiling a few inches long 



Diagram of Ants' Nest Drawn by J. Dean Simkins. 



The Plans of a Black Harvester Nest. 



and made level by gnawing off the decayed under side 

 of a dead root bulb of a greasewood or other shrub that 

 had grown there. The gnawing exposed four large year 

 growths of the wood on one of the bulbs. 



F, J and K together made a beautiful, large, low- 

 ceiling reception room for a thousand ants. 

 N was a small room a foot below the surface, damp 

 and cool. 



