Note 1 — CHAP. VI. OF THE RELATION OF ANTS WITH THE PUCERONS AND GALL INSECTS.
James Rawlins Johnson translation
This substance may be frequently seen on the leaves of the oak, lime, and other trees. It has a glossy appearance, and is remarkably sweet to the taste. The Abbé Boisier de Sauvages states, that bees will occasionally wage war with ants, to obtain possession of this honied secretion.—T.