ANIMAL COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL LIFE 171 
ence. The termite individual is one of the most defense- 
less, and, for those animals that prey on insects, one of 
the most toothsome luxuries to be found in the insect 
world. But the termite is one of the most abundant and 
widespread and successfully living insect kinds in all the 
tropics. Where ants are not, few insects are. The honey- 
bee is a popular type of a successful life. The artificial 
protection afforded the honey-bee by man may aid in its 
struggle for existence, but it gains this protection because 
of certain features of its communal life, and in Nature the 
honey-bee takes care of itself well. The Little Bee People 
of Kipling’s Jungle Book, who live in great communities in 
the rocks of Indian hills, can put to rout the largest and 
fiercest of the jungle animals. Co-operation and mutual 
aid are among the most important factors which help in 
the struggle for existence. Its great advantages are, how- 
ever, in some degree balanced by the fact that mutual help 
brings mutual dependence. The community or society can 
accomplish greater things than the solitary individuals, but 
co-operation limits freedom, and often sacrifices the indi- 
vidual to the whole. 
