MISS FORMICA'S DAY 
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“Which proves what I said be¬ 
fore,” said the ant; “that we hy- 
menoptera are all alike in some 
things. Then another thing that I 
have done,” she continued, “was to 
carry into the nest a great many 
warm grains of sand, and place 
them around the eggs. The sun 
was so very hot to-day that we 
did not dare carry the eggs- out 
where it would strike them; so we 
had to follow the other plan to 
keep them at the right tempera¬ 
ture.” 
“Oh, dear! We never go to all 
that trouble,” said the wasp. 
“Neither do we,” said the bee; 
“it really seems to be a good deal 
of work to be an ant; and yet I 
