AN ANT-HILL BY DAY 



The red wood-ants cover their dwelling with a thatch of leaves and straw or pine-needles, to ker p the'r 

 nurseries and living-rooms warm and dry. During the daytime in line weather the roof is crowded with 

 busy insects, but at nightfall or when it bsgins to rain the ants retire within the nest and "shut up 

 house " by closing all the entrances with bits of stick and leaves. 



