They save the store of honey for the 
colony, just as a banker keeps money for 
people, until it is needed. When any 
ant wants something to eat, it can climb 
up to the ceiling of the honey storeroom, 
let one of the bankers know that it is 
hungry, and out comes a drop of honey- 
dew. 
Well, there must be storerooms for 
other food too. One way to find them is 
to follow the ants bearing seeds, and peep 
into the rooms where they go. Here on 
the ground are piles of seeds. The in¬ 
coming ants place their seeds on the 
piles, and hurry off to bring in more. 
All the time soldier ants are at work on 
the seeds, breaking away the shells with 
their powerful jaws and placing the meat, 
or kernels, on separate piles. Other ants 
carry the seed kernels into chambers 
where they are stored. 
As we can see by this time, every ant 
has a very special kind of work. Men 
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