. Elementary biology; an introduction to the science of life . Fig. 230. Honey-pot ants In this species of ants, found in California, some of the individuals become reservoirs for honey gathered by the forage workers. These living honey-pots cling to the roof of a chamber by their feet, and receive into their crops the food gathered by the workers. From time to time one of the nurse ants comes to the honey-pot and receives into her crop a quantity of the stored fluid, which she then transfers to the larvae In a hive of honeybees the individuals are engaged in several different occupations. Som
. Elementary biology; an introduction to the science of life . Fig. 230. Honey-pot ants In this species of ants, found in California, some of the individuals become reservoirs for honey gathered by the forage workers. These living honey-pots cling to the roof of a chamber by their feet, and receive into their crops the food gathered by the workers. From time to time one of the nurse ants comes to the honey-pot and receives into her crop a quantity of the stored fluid, which she then transfers to the larvae In a hive of honeybees the individuals are engaged in several different occupations. Some are building comb, others hang up by their feet and secrete wax plates or scales, others pack pollen into cells, some are feeding the young, and so on. You could probably distinguish the queen bee from the others by her size, but all the workers would look alike to you. Or you might notice that the nurses were more fuzzy than the foragers. This does not mean that there are two distinct kinds of workers. Apparently the workers behave
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