. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. INSECTS. "5 heads and powerful jaws. The African termites * build immense nests (Fig. 138), and the queen is often 40,000 times larger than the workers. Value.—Eaten in Central Africa, and the nests used as Fig. 13S.—White ants, showing enormous queen, male, worker, and soldier, and section of nest, showing the queen's cell. * Their hills have been seen twelve feet high and nearly one hun- dred feet in circumference. They are divided into various apartments, the semi-egg-shaped cell in the center containing the imprisoned queen who grows sometimes to
. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. INSECTS. "5 heads and powerful jaws. The African termites * build immense nests (Fig. 138), and the queen is often 40,000 times larger than the workers. Value.—Eaten in Central Africa, and the nests used as Fig. 13S.—White ants, showing enormous queen, male, worker, and soldier, and section of nest, showing the queen's cell. * Their hills have been seen twelve feet high and nearly one hun- dred feet in circumference. They are divided into various apartments, the semi-egg-shaped cell in the center containing the imprisoned queen who grows sometimes to a length of six inches. The workers attend the royal chamber, removing the eggs that are laid by millions, and placing them in nurseries or cemented cells made for the purpose. The workers do great damage, and in the Isle of France a new building was ruined in a few months by them. In Colombo, Ceylon, a large bouse fell completely in pieces, the result of their 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 Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915; Holder, Joseph Bassett, 1824-1888, joint author. New York : D. Appleton and company
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