stranger Queen is on the rightful Queen’s 
back, caressing her head with her feelers. 
Now that seems very nice until we 
know the real state of affairs. Because 
that wicked stranger isn’t really just 
caressing the Queen’s head. She had 
begun by doing that, and the Queen liked 
it. But now — and who knows whether 
it hurts or not — the invader is — nipping 
the Queen’s head off! 
Now the old Queen lies dead, but 
strangely enough, all the other ants keep 
right on working as before. They even 
let the new Queen rule in the place of 
the old one. 
All this is very puzzling. It seems 
that death does not disturb ants as it 
does people. When an ant dies, it is 
carried to the cemetery, and that’s all 
there is to it. The life in the colony 
goes on. There is no excitement unless 
something happens that may harm the 
whole colony. It may seem that the 
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