Note 9 — CHAP. III. OF THE FECUNDATION, &C. OF ANTS.
James Rawlins Johnson translation
The attachment of the labourers to the females would appear to extend even beyond the existence of the latter; for, when a pregnant female dies, five or six labourers rest near her, and, during several days, brush and lick her continually, either in token of lasting affection, or that by these means they hope to reanimate her.—A.