52 MY ANT FAMILY.

 

tled, they kept in the bottle the ereater
portion of the day, though they would
sometimes come out into the open court
formed by the large globe, and at such
times I frequently learned a great deal
from them.

I found some winged ants one day,
and placed them inside the globe, in
order to see what sort of treatment
they would receive. In less than ten
minutes after their arrival, they were
all seized and taken into the house.
For a day or two, I was in some doubt
as to what befell them after that. But
my doubt was cleared away one morn-