{"date":"February 16","id":"02-16","intro":["Ants have slaves who work for them. These slaves make the nests, feed the master ants, tend the eggs, and do the moving when a colony of ants migrate. Darwin minutely describes the habits and lives of the industrious ants and their marvelous social organization—a wonder to mankind."],"minutes":13,"readings":[{"author":"Charles Darwin","end":268,"start":264,"volume":11,"work":"Origin of Species"}],"slug":"february-16","status":"proofread","title":"Social Circles Among Ants","url":"/harvard-classics/february-16/","words":2620}