. Elementary studies in insect life. Insects. FIG. 131. White ants. Sol- dier on the left, worker on the right. The workers, as the term sug- gests, perform the labors of the colony. The soldiers are the de- fenders of the home. Upon the king and queen depends the in- crease of individuals. Kings and queens are winged. In May and June those indi- viduals belonging to our spe- cies in this country leave the nest by flight and select new locations. A king chooses a queen. They shed their wings. If perchance a few workers find them and adopt them, the workers will build a circular cell for protec
. Elementary studies in insect life. Insects. FIG. 131. White ants. Sol- dier on the left, worker on the right. The workers, as the term sug- gests, perform the labors of the colony. The soldiers are the de- fenders of the home. Upon the king and queen depends the in- crease of individuals. Kings and queens are winged. In May and June those indi- viduals belonging to our spe- cies in this country leave the nest by flight and select new locations. A king chooses a queen. They shed their wings. If perchance a few workers find them and adopt them, the workers will build a circular cell for protection and furnish them food. This proced- ure forms the basis for the establishment of a col- ony. Since workers do not always discover and adopt these noted individ- uals, many kings and queens perish unattended. Should a colony become queenless, wingless, sex- ual individuals, compli- mented kings and queens, are produced. Such females are unable to lay many eggs, and here we find sev- eral of these required in the colony to fill. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hunter, Samuel John, 1866-1946. Topeka, Kan. , Crane & company
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