82 Insect Life : Its Why and Wherefore 
by its willing nurses is remarkable. The 
same solicitude may be seen in instances 
where the young of other tribes have been 
captured by a body of ants. That ants are 
easily tamed to a certain degree is an 
established fact. I have seen a window- 
ledge where the little insects have been 
fed regularly, the ledge itself being one of 
their pathways leading from a nest to a 
neighbouring shrub, to which they were 
paying special attention. Small colonies 
of ants with a queen may be even purchased 
now in some naturalist shops for observation 
purposes. These may be very simply 
made, by using the glass covered section 
cases sold, containing candy for bee feeding, 
care being taken that some portion is made 
to slide back that the captives may be 
supplied with sugar or honey and a little 
moisture. The way in which the poor 
little prisoners set to work immediately 
to excavate roadways and to go on with 
their ceaseless nursing is miraculous. 
The stories about the ants laying up 
stores for the winter is based upon mis- 
conception. In warm countries this is 
done by some species, but in this country, 
