Secret Lives of Ants

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . foreword by JANE GOODALL photographs by DAN PERLMAN translated by DAN LEONARD Secret Lives of Ants the johns hopkins university press baltimore Jae Choe This book has been brought to publication with the generous support of Korea Literature Translation Institute (KLTI) for the project “Books from Korea,” 2005. Copyright © 1999 by Jae Chun Choe. All rights reserved. English Translation Copyright © 2010 by ScienceBooks Co., Ltd. English translation edition is published by agreement with SCIENCEBOOKS CO., LTD., SEOUL.© 2012 The Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved. Published 2012 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Choe, Jae C. Secret lives of ants / Jae Choe ; foreword by Jane Goodall ; photographs by Dan Perlman ; translated by Dan Leonard. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13: 978-1-4214-0428-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-4214-0428-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Ants—Behavior. 2. Social behavior in animals. I. Title. QL568.F7C55 2012 595.79'6—dc23 2011021207 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Title page illustration: After her nuptial flight, the queen ant uses her middle and hind legs to break off her wings, as she prepares to start her new home. Special discounts are available for bulk purchases of this book. For more information, please contact Special Sales at 410-516-6936 or specialsales @press.jhu.edu. The Johns Hopkins University Press uses environmentally friendly book materials, including recycled text paper that is composed of at least 30 percent post-consumer waste, whenever possible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To my mother, a queen who gave birth to four males who never held a broom, who spent her whole life working like a worker ant This page intentionally left blank ...