Download or read book Division of Labor Among Ants, Vol. 46 (Classic Reprint) written by Edith N. Buckingham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Division of Labor Among Ants, Vol. 46 As examples Of difference Of opinion held by competent observers as to the function of the large workers in the same species, the follow ing may be cited. In Atta they are thought by Bates to be passive defenders Of the rest Of the colony, but Wheeler contends that they are aggressive soldiers. In Pheidole generally they are thought by Lubbock to be fighters, but Wheeler states that, while in some species of this genus they are for defence, in others they are not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.