210 ANTS AND CHILDREN OF THE GARDEN 



CECIL. Our ants made their first trip on the trail on 

 April 8th about three months after they housed up for 

 the winter (January 13th) and one month after they began 

 to lay eggs. They are mining now, making room for the 

 babies and young ants. The eggs are now hatching (a 

 month later than last year). 



FLORENCE. Some time ago you handled and counted 



A B 



Five Acrobats Killing a Big Carpenter. 



A Head with one feeler. 



B Ant with one leg and one feeler. 



C Head and body with no legs and one feeler. 



1) Head with one feeler. 



E Four legs and no abdomen. 



a bunch of eggs that were in the second story of the sun- 

 parlor. 



ALBERT. Yes, and then the ants filled that room with 

 dirt and never used it again. I removed one story of the 

 sun-parlor not long ago. 



FLORENCE. One day you grabbed your umbrella and 

 ran out to see what our ants were doing. They'd been 

 caught out in a hard shower. They seem to like a drizzle, 

 but this was different. 



ALBERT. Those about the door didn't go in for a time. 

 Those on the trail started for the door and a few reached 

 it. A hundred crept under shelters. Some stopped on a 



