THE SWARM 

 here again it is an almost invisible atom 

 of this mysterious substance that organises 

 ^:^nd subjugates matter, and is able to create 

 if^own little triumphant and permanent 

 --plaoemthe midst of the stupendous, inert 

 forces of nothingness and death.^ 



♦ 



ftlid: now to return to our swarming 



hive, where the bees have already given 



^ The brain of the bee, according to the calculation 

 of ZjfeglEdiBi constitutes the 4-1 74th part of the in- 

 se<i's weight, and that of the ant tiie l-296th. On 

 the other hand the peduncular parts, whose develop- 

 ment usually keeps pace with the triumphs the intellect 

 ^adBe¥£S^over instinct, are somewhat less miportant in 

 tie Ijee t han in the ant. It would seem to result from 

 tBese-«stimat^^ which are of course hypothetical, and 

 deal with a matter that is exceedinglj'^ obscure — that 

 the intellectual \'alue of the bee ^d the ant must be 

 mwe orfcss e^uaL 



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