. The study of animal life. Zoology. 86 Tlie Study of Animal Life and as white as a ; But have some admiration for her: she sometimes lays 60 eggs per minute, or 80,000 in a day, and continues reproducing for months. As she lays, she is assiduously fed by the nursing-workers, while the eggs are carried off to be hatched in the nurseries. At the breeding season, numerous winged males and females leave. Fig. 18.—Diagrammatic section of a termite's nest (after Houssay). In the walls there are winding passages (_^); uppermost is a well-aired empty attic (D) the next story (C) is a nur
. The study of animal life. Zoology. 86 Tlie Study of Animal Life and as white as a ; But have some admiration for her: she sometimes lays 60 eggs per minute, or 80,000 in a day, and continues reproducing for months. As she lays, she is assiduously fed by the nursing-workers, while the eggs are carried off to be hatched in the nurseries. At the breeding season, numerous winged males and females leave. Fig. 18.—Diagrammatic section of a termite's nest (after Houssay). In the walls there are winding passages (_^); uppermost is a well-aired empty attic (D) the next story (C) is a nursery where the young termites are hatched on shelves («) and (3); the next is a hall (B) supported by pillars ; beneath this is a royal chamber (r) in which the king and queen are imprisoned ; around this the chambers of worker-termites (*) and some store-chambers (w2); excavated in the ground are holes (c) out of which the material used in making the termitary was dug. The whole structure is sometimes 10-15 feet in height. the hill and its workers in swarms, most ol them simply to die, others to mate with individuals from another hill and to begin to form new colonies. The plot of the story becomes more intricate, however, when we notice Fritz Miiller's observations, that " besides. 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 Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1861-1933. New York, C. Scribner's sons [printed at the Edinburgh press]
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