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ing to us is that, however successful biologically it may 

 be for insects, it is not the kind of sociology we want for 

 ourselves. Differentiation of labour and specialization 

 of social relationships may be advisable for us up to a 

 certain point; beyond that they are highly inadvisable. 

 Let us not too literally follow the familiar injunction 

 which instructs us to learn from the ant. To imitate 

 his industry cannot lead us wrong; to imitate his ex- 

 treme communism would be to make depersonalized 

 and de-individualized automatons out of us. 



GUIDE TO FURTHER READING 



"American Insects," by Vernon Kellogg. (Henry Holt & Co.) 

 Second edition 1908. A comprehensive account of the insects of 

 North America with classification, structure, general habits, and 

 special adaptations. 



"Ants, Their Structure, Development, and Behaviour," by 

 William Morton Wheeler. (Lemcke.) 1910. The best book yet 

 published about ants. 



"The Life of the Bee," by Maurice Maeterlinck. (Dodd, Mead 

 & Co., New York.) 1902. A poetical but fairly accurate account 

 of the life of honey-bees. 



" Social Life in he Insect World," by J. H. Fabre. (Century Co., 

 New York.) 1912. This, together with other books by Fabre about 

 insect life, are full of interesting observations and are delightfully 

 written. 



"The Psychic Life of Insects," by E. L. Bouvier (trans, by L. O. 

 Howard). (Century Co.) 1922. A keenly analytk account of in- 

 ect instincts. 



