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The passageways of the nests are enlarged here and there 

 into comparatively large cavities, or chambers (Fig. 47). 

 It is in these different chambers that the activities of the 



FIQ. 47. Interior of an ant's nest. 



colony are carried on. The queen lies deep within the 

 interior of the nest in a dry, dark chamber. Here she is 

 carefully tended and fed by the workers, who bear the eggs 



