Carpenter Ants Invade NHB
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PrintCarpenter ants from the 17th Century Massachusetts Bay Colony House, in the National Museum of Natural History, invade the Natural History Building. Apparently they swarmed the elevator shafts and harassed the operators. Fumigation soon dispelled them.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
April, 1955