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BOOK III.-COMMUNITIES OF INSECTS 
I. THE CITY IN THE SHADOWS : THE TERMITES, OR WHITE ANTS, 
II. THE ANTS:—THEIR DOMESTIC ECONOMY—THEIR NUPTIALS. 
III. THE ANTS:—THEIR FLOCKS AND THEIR SLAVES, 
IV. THE ANTS:—CIVIL WAR—EXTERMINATION OF THE COMMUNITY, 
V. THE WASPS: THEIR FURY OF IMPROVISATION, 
VI. “THE BEES” OF VIRGIL, 
VII. THE BEE IN THE FIELDS, 
VIII. THE BEES AS ARCHITECTS: THE CITY, .. 
IX. HOW THE BEES CREATE THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMON MOTHER, 
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CONCLUSION, 
ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES, 
ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTS, 
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