Author : Maurice Maeterlinck
Release : 2001
Genre : Ants
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 511/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Life of the Ant by : Maurice Maeterlinck
Download or read book The Life of the Ant written by Maurice Maeterlinck. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and really detailed work on ants and their contribution to nature - chapters include warfare, pastoral ants, the mushroom growers, the secrets of the formicary, the nest, communication and orientation, agricultural ants, and more. Here are the essential features of the life of the ants, a life incontestably superior to that of the bees, which is precarious in the extreme,In his unique studies of the social insects: the bee, the termite (or white ant) and the ant, Maurice Maeterlinck conveys not only accurate pictures of his subjects, but a rather remarkable development of his own philosophy.