This section is from the book "The Psychic Life Of Insects", by E. L. Bouvier. Also available from Amazon: The Psychic Life of Insects.
The communistic societies obey the same laws as the preceding, but they are more rigorous in the family groupings, for they presuppose the young to be born by the side of their parents. When these young are neuters simply charged with working, the social solidarity becomes complete. We must establish, however, the fact that such solidarity does not appear immediately in the different groups of insects which form communistic societies.
 
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