Show DRIVER ANTS NAVE HAVE IIA VE I OWN SOCIAL SYSTEM Called the Most Industrious Creatures in Africa Alrica r Most Interesting of tho the Ins Insects ct of Africa ore the driver er not for fir th they seem felm to ham n a social system fo Io com eom complete as as almost to deserve e the mme MOJe of civilization tl Th They 1 nr are writes Prof II It I Ji I. Owner In ht the Century Magazine the most In lI creatures In la Africa The natives cull them n a nord word ord that Is often ortEn heard ns os a n cry of warning among them when they meet meeta a It column colon on the tile march The drivers seem peem to he lie forever lr on the go If Jf they have e permanent abodes no one In Africa ever Ter found them The colonies often number millions mllton of nuts ants and cadi ont nut has hns Its particular bar lar and Its regular duties The Individual m members of a n corny colony ore dl dl- Into three distinct kinds and each Is necessary to the tho welfare of the tho hole community The smallest t of f the Is bout about Ihrl three eighths of nn an Inch In length t h of slender Blender proportions proportions 1 Hon very Or agile la in Its mo and with Ith comparatively small These o ants fint appear virtually to lie he f 10 Is they perform most of of the menial work of the community anti and carts most of the burdens 4 11 ants next In size sire are about half lint inn Inch Tong long of ot stouter proportions with m milt r built nil with mandibles somewhat larger than the heaver I lower Ier er They fhe constitute the yeomanry and they direct the thc affairs of the community control the move move- of the llie colony and net ns as scouts In exploring for tor food Bul or clearing ll the rond ns forms part of also and when the thc colony olony builds l Its Us wonderful bridges across crevice rc puddles or streams heir torI forth the network work f the structure truel ure Tho Those a bridges es are the mn most t on ois marvelous RI specimens a n of ot f Insect engineering to be seen anywhere In Inthe the world When 1111 completed n a bridge looks looks' much like n a telephone er with flares nt at both bolh ends Instead of at nt one It Is composed of It the bodies of at hundreds and thousands of ants clinging clinging cling cling- ing to together to form torm the tha bridge o er which the rest of the community passes In n safety The Tho bridges are made up of five or six Ix sections and It ItIs ItIs Itis Is to Imagine anything tiling more moro uniform In Jn pattern or delicate delicato In strut strut- than the amber spans of living tJ In Inflect In- In n sects 1 I have ha wen seem bridges hold fast for hours while the colony passed lel o over When tho the lust lint ant has hns Iroll crossed tho the bridge slowly begins to disintegrate and tho the colony olony proceeds on Its way The Tho third caste caste It If It can nn be he so called is called-Is Is made up of soldiers large strong and well veil provided pIo by try nature for their duties |