PROJECTS AND QUESTIONS 233 
pupz by the workers. Put a few of them into your insect cage and 
watch for adults to appear. 
See how many different species of ants you can find and note how 
they differ in size, color, and habits. What harm do some of them do? 
Do any come into your pantry? In the fall a great many ants have 
wings. These are the queens and drones. Try to observe some of 
them. How many wings have they? The wings help to show the re- 
lation of ants to bees. At the end of the season give an account of what 
you have learned about ants. 
12. Oral or Written Composition.— A good description of your 
observation or investigation of any insects, or experience with them, 
will form a valuable exercise in composition. The following are some 
examples of suitable themes : 
a. Insects in winter. —If you make the investigation suggested in 
Project No. 3, prepare a full report of what you find. 
b. Insect poisons. — Give the account called for in Project No. 5. 
c. Plant lice. — Prepare an interesting account of your observation 
of plant lice on various kinds of plants during the season: what plants 
were infested, how the insects looked, how they affected the plants. 
Project No. 6. 
d. Cabbage worms. — What the cabbage worms do to cabbage heads 
and how it may be prevented. Project No. 7. 
