222 ANTS AND CHILDREN OF THE GARDEN 



FLORENCE. If you have eggs in the house about all 

 the time I should think you would get the old ones and the 

 new ones all mixed up and the old and new babies, too. 



ANT. We can tell all about our old and new babies and 

 eggs when our feelers touch them (contact-odor). So we 

 keep those of the same age piled or stuck together, whether 

 we keep different ages in the same closet or not, Often we 

 stick eggs of the same age together in bunches and the 

 babies, too, sometimes. 



FLORENCE. Like our teacher. She doesn't get the 

 different classes mixed. 



DOROTHY. Why do some ants cover seeds with saliva 

 before feeding them to babies? 



ANT. Why do the women of some countries chew food 

 before giving it to their babies? 



DOROTHY. You are blockading your door with stones 

 today for a change. 



FLORENCE. A dozen injured Acrobats were left at 

 your door and their sisters began to rescue them. Some of 

 our ants stepped too close and the jaws of the injured ants 

 clinched the legs of our ants. Ours cut their heads off, but 

 that didn't do any good. 



DOROTHY. Your nest is so close I'd think you'd 

 smother. 



ANT. Why, you can name a number of large animals 

 that have homes in the ground. 



Mining, Trails, Work. 



FLORENCE. Some of your closets have low ceilings. 

 Can you lie on your side while mining? 



A XT. Yes. Even stand on the ceiling if I waul to. I 

 use my claws and jaws mainly in mining. 



FLORENCE. When we first found your colony, you had 



