Note 115 — SUPPLEMENT TO HARVESTING ANTS.

Perhaps these heaps of corn may have been piled up at the entrance to the nest, as is sometimes the case when the workers, in their eagerness to secure as much as possible of a passing harvest, bring in the supplies too fast for their companions within the nest to be able to find room for and accommodate. When this happens the seeds lie outside the nest until fresh chambers are prepared for their reception.