Of A N T S, 107 
of the Year a Queen Ant lies exceeding deep 
(* generally two Feet from the Surface of the 
Hill)we £hall notwonder to find, after a fewSeafons, 
the fame Colonies appear again. The Labourer^ 
feldom go farther than half a Spit from the Level, 
and therefore leave the Queen to multiply her 
Offspring with Cells of Neutral Ants or Work¬ 
ers, enough to provide them Suftenance. The 
Summer Months are more effectual for this Pur- 
pofe. The Queens are now in the upper Apart¬ 
ments. If therefore you place a Quantity of Hills 
together and burn them, you will, in all probability^ 
commit a Number of Queens to the Flames, and 
thus proportionably leflen their Colonies and clear 
your Grounds. 
It has been obferved, that if you remove a 
Queen Ant from her Settlement, the Workers 
will carry on their feveral Employments, and 
nouriflh the Young with their ufual Sollicitude, 
nor any Ways regard their Sovereign’s abfence. As 
the Progeny of Ants is intended by way of Food, 
we may imagine Providence has ordered it in 
this Manner, that in Cafe of any Accident to the 
Queen, there may be no Diminution of the 
* If the Winter be exceeding wet they lie not fo 
deep. Seep, jy. 
Young, 
