Elementary biology; an introduction to Elementary biology; an introduction to the science of life elementarybiolog00grue Year: 1924 Fig. 193. Fighting ants Three forms of the Central American ant Chelio- myrmex nortoiii: a, soldier; b, medium worker c, small worker Fig. 194. The sting of the bee In this order of animals the weapon is the egg-laying organ. When the bee stings some- one, the point is likely to remain in the flesh ; and as the animal flies away, some of its internal organs are mutilated and the insect soon dies. The value of this weapon is not so much for the protection of th
Elementary biology; an introduction to Elementary biology; an introduction to the science of life elementarybiolog00grue Year: 1924 Fig. 193. Fighting ants Three forms of the Central American ant Chelio- myrmex nortoiii: a, soldier; b, medium worker c, small worker Fig. 194. The sting of the bee In this order of animals the weapon is the egg-laying organ. When the bee stings some- one, the point is likely to remain in the flesh ; and as the animal flies away, some of its internal organs are mutilated and the insect soon dies. The value of this weapon is not so much for the protection of the individual as for that of the colony or species. The individual is sacrificed to protect the group or to educate the enemies of the species Another way in which the organism can make itself disa- greeable to an enemy, without really producing serious injury,
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