TH THE TI TINY NY TE TEACHER ACHER
SMALL INSECTS FOUND AT HOME SMALLEST AND WISEST
THE TINY Y TEACHE CHER The story of an ant ’ s life sounds almost untrue. but people have kept ants as pets and have watched their daily behaviour closely. So we know a number of facts about this tiny ,hard working and intelligent creature.
Facts 1 .An ant uses its feelers or antennae to ‘ talk ’ to other ants by passing messages through them. 2. Each ant greets all the others coming from the opposite direction by touching their feelers .
3. There are many kinds of ants. The commonest among them are the black and the red ones. 4.They live in their comfortable homes called ‘ nests ’ or ‘ anthills ’ .
5. Each anthill has hundreds of little rooms and passages. In some of these rooms the queen ant lays eggs. 6. Other rooms are nurseries for the young one called grubs.
7. Workers have their reserved quarters . They spend most of their time searching for food. Some rooms serve as store houses for this food. 8. Soldiers have separate barracks . No worker has ever tried to live in a soldier ’ s house; no soldier has ever gone out searching for food. No worker or soldier or cleaner has ever harmed a grub. An ants life is very peaceful. Each does its share of work intelligently and bravely and never fight with other members of the group.
9. The queen is the mother of the entire population of the colony. It lives for about fifteen years. It has a pair of wings but bites them off after its ‘ wedding flight ’ . This flight takes place on a hot summer day. The queen leaves the nest and goes out to meet a male ant , or drone, high up in the air. On its return to earth ,it gets rid of its wings and then does nothing but lay eggs.
10. Eggs hatch and grub come out . Soldiers guard them . Workers feed and clean them, and also carry them about daily for airing ,exercise and sunshine. 11. Two or three weeks later grub become cocoons and lie without food or activity for three weeks more. Then the cocoon break and perfect ant appear. Now it ’ s time for teaching and training . New ants learn their duties from old ants as workers, soldiers builders,cleaners,etc . After a few weeks ’ training the small ants are ready to go out into the big world of work.
12. An anthill is a home not only for ants but also for some other creatures- like beetles, lesser breeds of ants and the greenfly. Ants wants these alien creatures to live in their nests because some give off smell pleasant to the ants senses; others give sweet juices and some are just pets or playthings. 13. The ants train the greenfly to give honeydew ( like milk) with a touch of their antennae.
SUMMARY: The ant is a very small insect, but it is very intelligent and hard-working. It is wiser Than any fly or earthworm. The story of an ant ’ s life sounds almost untrue. But Watching the behaviour of the commonest ant can teach us a lot. The ants can be black or red. They live comfortably, in large and high homes called ‘ nests ’ or ‘ anthills ’ . Each home has hundreds of rooms and paths. In some of these Rooms the queen ant lays eggs. Other rooms are used as nurseries for the young Ones called ’ grubs ’ . Workers and soldiers have separate rooms. Some rooms are Used as store houses. No worker can hurt a younger ants. The live in peace. Each one does its share of work intelligently and bravely. The queen ant is the head of the family. It lives for about 15 years. It has a pair of Wings which it bites off after its wedding flight. And then it does nothing but lays Eggs. Eggs are hatched. Grubs come out. Workers feed and clean them. They are carried About daily for airing and sun bath. A couple of weeks later the grubs become Cocoons which break in three weeks. Perfect ants appear. They have to be trained To do their duties.
The ants use their feelers to talk to other ants. They pass on messages through them. An anthill is a home not for ants alone. Some other creatures like beetles,and the Green fly and lesser breeds of ants also live in it. Some of them give out sweet smell While others give sweet juices. The green fly gives them milk. Human beings can learn a lot from this tiny teacher. We can learn hard work , Discipline sense of duty , cleanliness, care for the young ones and loyalty to the land where we live from this little creature.
Humans can learn a few things from this tiny teacher- Hard work Sense of Duty Discipline Cleanliness Care for Young ones and above all Firm Loyalty to the LAND where they live .
Ants family
TEACHER : MISS SUREKHACHOUDHURY TGT(SS),AECS 2HYD EMPID-2277
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