Chapter IV: Book III: Communities of Insects

I. THE CITY IN THE SHADOWS: THE TERMITES, OR WHITE ANTS, 235
II. THE ANTS:--THEIR DOMESTIC ECONOMY--THEIR NUPTIALS, 245
III. THE ANTS:--THEIR FLOCKS AND THEIR SLAVES, 259
IV. THE ANTS:--CIVIL WAR--EXTERMINATION OF THE COMMUNITY, 271
V. THE WASPS: THEIR FURY OF IMPROVISATION, 283
VI. "THE BEES" OF VIRGIL, 293
VII. THE BEE IN THE FIELDS, 301
VIII. THE BEES AS ARCHITECTS: THE CITY, 311
IX. HOW THE BEES CREATE THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMON MOTHER, 321