. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. ects. Naturally,the nests containing earth were the first to be devised and the conclu-sion that this substance can be dispensed with is of comparatively V recent date. The earliest account of an artificial nest I have seen is in Swammer-dams Biblia Naturae. This remarkable entomologist placed the antsin a quantity of earth in a flat dish and surrounded this with a stripof wax, which was five fingers broad, hollowed out and filled withwater. This served as a moat and prevented the ants from modification of Swammerdams nest has been
. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. ects. Naturally,the nests containing earth were the first to be devised and the conclu-sion that this substance can be dispensed with is of comparatively V recent date. The earliest account of an artificial nest I have seen is in Swammer-dams Biblia Naturae. This remarkable entomologist placed the antsin a quantity of earth in a flat dish and surrounded this with a stripof wax, which was five fingers broad, hollowed out and filled withwater. This served as a moat and prevented the ants from modification of Swammerdams nest has been recently recommendedand will often prove to be useful when it is necessary to construct anest on very short notice. It consists of a dish containing some earthcovered with a pane of glass and set in a larger dish containing water. ANTS. Huber ( 1810 ) de>cribes two artificial nests which he u>ed in hisresearches. ( )IK of ilir^c consisted of a box mounted on legs, notunlike tln>M- of a sewing machine, and covered with a large bell-jar. A. B C ^/ Food : ,^ ••-. ,••:••• ••** f- (• -. -* • : ^-vX? Food D
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