Of ANTS.
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CHAP. III.
Of their Government, a Deſcription of the ſeveral Queens, the Reſpects ſhown them by the Common Ants, Extent of their Power, &c.
A Colony of Ants, from the latter End of Auguſt, to the beginning of June, is uſally compoſed of a large female and various Companies of Workers. We may by way of Eminence, as well as in Regard to the Honours paid Her by the Society, ſtile the former, the Queen. Beſides theſe, there are in the latter End of June, all July, and Part of Auguſt, a Number of winged Ants, which are commonly known by the Name of Ant-Flies.
The Government of Ants has been univerſally taken for a [1]Republic or Common-Wealth, and
- ↑ Learn each ſmall Peoples Genius, Policies, The Ants Republic, and the Realm of Bees.
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