456 HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT 



sects. The sterile members of a colony of ants 

 or bees are forever denied the possibility of 

 having offspring of their own, but they become 

 foster mothers to the offspring of the queen. 

 They tenderly nurse, care for and rear the 

 young of the colony. There are many children 

 in the world who need foster mothers and 

 fathers ; there are many men and women in the 

 world, both married and unmarried, who need 

 adopted children. "Go to the ant, thou slug- 

 gard; consider her ways and be wise." 



