The Ant 
THE ANT 
The Ant (“Formica”), as found in this 
country and Europe generally, belongs to the 
order of “ Hymenoptera,” a family which 
includes bees, wasps, hornets, etc. These 
little insects are sufficiently interesting as 
to call forth comment from Solomon, 
Aristotle, and Pliny, while the volumes 
written by naturalists upon the ant are 
numberless. Confusion between the 
various species peculiar to Great Britain 
and many larger foreign kinds, added to 
gross exaggeration as to the powers and 
intelligence of the insect, have combined 
to invest ants, clever as they undoubtedly 
are, with capabilities prodigious. Like 
other hymenopterse, ants live in com- 
munities, which consist of males, females, 
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