Arizona republican., 1907-07-12

.uished by their wings. which they possess during their whole existence. ! Tie queen is slightly longer than eith- CT of the already mentioned: she also | is provided with wings during the first part of her existence. finally when she meets the drone in the air as do bees, she soon looses her wings in some way, and the drone, as in the case of the bee, dies.
 1 The worker ants are particularly concerned about the discarded wings of the queen. carrying them about with the greatest care and affection as if they were sacred. To the work CTS is assigned the task of taking care of the larvae. the moving of them from place to place. according to the de- { gree of heat and moisture present and as the incubating and developing pro- cess requires and they are also sup ! ppsed to have the task of opening the ! coccoons and helping the young ants out. and later to feed them. The young arts are fed on secre- ! ton that IS developed by the worker ant, kind of predigested food it | seems.
 The swarming is also conducted on i nearly the same plan as the honey bee swarms. uNceot that the former makes the iOurne,- to the new home overland instead of through the air as in the case ot the bees. When they decide to swarm they start number of queen cells. then the old queen sallies forth with a host of followers. The home or the den of the species that k so well known here. is three or four feet deep in the ground.
 The tunnel that leads to the abode is inclined rather than perpendicular l in order to facilitate transportation. The larder or store room is in the ex- irene bottom O: tEe hole. The larvae and eggs are fcLr'i near the surface, in pockets that r.t"Ed laterally from lf ( main chann-l. It would seem that t'ic object of this Enlargement wou.a i' to take advarcge Of the heat that is dlway' present. 'E T relative degree T, ar the surfacs fC" the purDos. Jf matching. Incidentally this species is supplied with or otherwise obtains a sting. and it is just as true that they are not in the least indifferent about using it (which fact I think can be at
 
 caress.) Sting, Some would say that the soft Anglo Saxon word sting would be too tame an e2ithet to apply to the object in mind. Probably the most appropriate name for this little implement of war world be :he sug- gestion that comes simultaneously with the consciousness that we are being -unctured, at least an epithet thus applied would be nothing. if not descriptive.
 We grew accustomed to the contact with wasps. bumblebees. hornets and yellow wjackets. but "e have the first individual to meet who boasts of hav- ing become accustomed to the sting of the Arizona ant.
 IL is not likely that King Solomon had reference to our species of ant when he so often suggested her as an imitable example nor is there anything in connection with his quotations to indicate that the ants of the Scrip ture were armed with a stinger or were warlike. But it is very obvious that he wanted to point out to the sluggard, holding out to him the ant as an example of the way that leads to wisdom and thrift and it is just as obvious that he was ver.- much con- cerned about the arousing of him to activity.
 In that connection, if we give the quotation, go to the ant thou slug gard. consider her ways and be wise" the advantage of the doubt as to species and at the same time bearing in mind the desire of the author to see the sluggard awaken once we can easily imagine the ant so often refer red to in Proverbs as being a species identical to that with which we are so well acquainted.
 We can now follow the possible train of thought induged in by the