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in the Cover of'which was an Opening fuSicient 
for the Workers to pafs to and fro, but fo nar¬ 
row as to coniine the Queen. A Corps was con- 
ftantly in waiting and furrounded her, whilft o- 
thers went out in fearch of Provifions. By fome 
Misfortune (lie died ; the Ants, as if not appri- 
fed of her Death, continued their Obedience.They 
even removed her from one Part of the Box to 
another, and treated her with the fame Court and 
Formality as if file had been alive. This lafted 
two Months, at the End of which the Cover 
being open, they forfook the Box, and carried 
her off. 
The Queen Ant feldom continues long with 
her Young. As foon as fhe has depofited a Parcel 
of Eggs, (he leaves them to the Care of the Work¬ 
ers, and withdraws to a feparateApartment. Hence 
you always find her in a Cell with nothing but 
her Attendants; unlefs you happen to light upon 
her at the Time of her Laying* 
If you take three or four Cells of Ants with 
the Young delivered to their Care, and alfo a 
Queen with her Retinue, and mix them together, 
and then place them in a Box with a Quantity of 
moift Earth, they will in a fhort Time, form a 
like 
