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IN the spring of 1878 I was much amused with watching the apparent want of common sense displayed by the harvesting ants in storing the little fruits of the plane-tree (Platanus orientalis) in one of the avenues at Mentone. It was with much interest, on revisiting the Riviera in May this year, that I observed the same clumsy methods still being adopted by these ants under the plane-trees, not only at Mentone, but also at Hyeres and Alassio.
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BRYAN, G. Harvesting Ants. Nature 60, 174 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060174a0
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