Coalville Times | 1904-06-17 | Page 7 | Ants That Hold Staves

Ant That Hold Slave. Hlavemuklim Is a trait of ant II fo which has attracted much attontlon. It Is practised by diflereut speclos, and whllo In somo cases the slavee. belonging be-longing to different a:ioupe from their mnsters, perform the ordinary o .ties of tho rest, acting as servitors. In other casoa thero Is a complete dependence de-pendence of the ownern on the slaves. One ant, noted by Holier In 1S10. was shown to bo In duimer of actual starvation star-vation unless fed by tho slaves. A Drltlsh species niul.es slaves but la not dependent upon them. It, however, how-ever, carrion off the pupae from the neat uf the anta on wblnh It makea Us foray and tha atranr tnt born In the nest cf tho compieror take up menial duties.