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Show Mother of Thousands. The destruction wrought on all bnt the hardest wood by the white art, or termite, is not surprising when a few facts are known of its prolilic character. charac-ter. A nest, some six feet in height, was found in the tropics, and about one foot below the level of the ground was a conical mound of hard earth InsicJe this dwelt the queen mother. After careful observation she was found to lay 9,120 eggs in an hour. On account of her great size she was unable to leave her cell, her only function func-tion being to lay eggs. |