Harvesting, a. & n.
, from Harvest, v. t. Harvesting ant (Zoöl.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.
Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and A. barbara; that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that of Florida is P. crudelis. See Agricultural ant, under Agricultural.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for harvesting; he lists it under harvest.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.