. The bee and white ants, their manners and habits; with illustrations of animal instinct and intelligence. Bees; Instinct; Termites. Fig. 7.—Worker, magnified. Fig. 8.—Foreeps of Soldier, laagiiined. THE WHITE ANTS, THEIR MANNERS AND HABITS. CHAPTEE II. 46. Turrets built by the Termes mordax and the Termes atrox.—47. De- scription of their structure.—48. Their king, queen, worker, and soldier.—49. Internal structure of their habitation.—50. Nests of the Termes arborum.—51. Process of their construction.—52. Hill nests on the Savannahs.—53. The Termes lucifagus—the organisation of their societ
. The bee and white ants, their manners and habits; with illustrations of animal instinct and intelligence. Bees; Instinct; Termites. Fig. 7.—Worker, magnified. Fig. 8.—Foreeps of Soldier, laagiiined. THE WHITE ANTS, THEIR MANNERS AND HABITS. CHAPTEE II. 46. Turrets built by the Termes mordax and the Termes atrox.—47. De- scription of their structure.—48. Their king, queen, worker, and soldier.—49. Internal structure of their habitation.—50. Nests of the Termes arborum.—51. Process of their construction.—52. Hill nests on the Savannahs.—53. The Termes lucifagus—the organisation of their societies.—64. Habits of the workers and soldiers—the materials they use for building.—55. Their construction of tunnels.—56. 'Nests of the Termes arborum in the roofs of houses.—57. Destructive habits of the Termes bellieosus in excavating all species of wood-work— entire houses desti-oyed by them.—58. Curious process by which they fill with mortar ' the excavations which they make—destruction of Mr. Smeathman's microscope.—59. Destruction of shelves and wain- scoting.—60. Their artful process to escape observation.—61. Anecdotes of them by Kcempfer and Humboldt.—62. Destruction of the Governor's house at Calcutta—destruction by them of a British ship of the line.—63. Their manner of attacking timber in the open air—their wonderful power of destroying fallen timber.—64. The extraordinary behaviour of the soldiers when a nest is attacked. - Labbker's Mcsedji op Soiekce. 113. 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 Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859. London, Lockwood & co
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