 A nest was made near one of our tramways, and to get to the trees the ants had to cross the rails, over which the waggons were continually passing and repassing. Every time they came along a number of ants were crushed to death. They persevered in crossing...  Animal intelligence (treatise). - Page 138by George John Romanes - 1882 - 520 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Belt - 1874 - 452 lehte
...conclude this long account of the leaf-cutting ants with one more instance of their reasoning powers. A nest was made near one of our tramways, and to get...set to work making fresh tunnels underneath them. Apparently an order oa had gone forth, or a general understanding been come to, that the rails were... | |
 | 1881 - 904 lehte
...for some time, but at last set to work and tunneled underneath each rail. One day, when the wagons were not running, I stopped up the tunnels with stones...cross the rails, but set to work making fresh tunnels beneath them. Such, then, are some of the more well-established facts regarding the intelligence of... | |
 | James Samuelson, Sir William Crookes - 1882 - 784 lehte
...indeed, the power of invention. The following incident is quoted from the well-known work of Belt: — "A nest was made near one of our tramways, and to...set to work making fresh tunnels underneath them." Prof. Leuckart, it is stated, " placed round the trunk of a tree which was visited by ants, as pasture... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1888 - 488 lehte
...the following, which is quoted from Mr. Belt, whose competency as an observer no one can dispute. " A nest was made near one of our tramways, and to get...set to work making fresh tunnels underneath them." * See Animal fntelligetue, pp. 465, 466. t Of course the words "general idea" and "concept " here are... | |
 | Thomas Belt - 1888 - 454 lehte
...they came along a number of ants were crushed to death. They persevered in crossing for several days, but at last set .to work and tunnelled underneath...set to work making fresh tunnels underneath them. Apparently an order had gone forth, or a general understanding been come to, that, the rails were not... | |
 | Edward W. Badger, William Hillhouse - 1888 - 660 lehte
...they came along a number of ants were crushed to death. They persevered in crossing for several days, but at last set to work and tunnelled underneath each...from the nest, they would not cross the rails, but bet to work making fresh tunnels underneath them. Apparently an order had gone forth, or a general... | |
 | Théodule Ribot, Frances Alice Welby - 1899 - 260 lehte
...crossing for some time, but at last set to work and tunnelled underneath each rail. One day, when the cars were not running, I stopped up the tunnels with stones;...set to work making fresh tunnels underneath them." Another observer, Dr. Ellendorf, who has carefully studied the ants of Central America, recounts a... | |
 | Edmund Selous - 1905 - 382 lehte
...which the waggons were continually passing and repassing. Every time they came along, a number 116 of ants were crushed to death. They persevered in...set to work making fresh tunnels underneath them. Apparently an order had gone forth, or a general understanding been come to, that the rails were not... | |
 | 1905 - 796 lehte
...persevered in crossing for some time, but at last set to work and tunneled underneath each rail One day I stopped up the tunnels with stones; but although...not cross the rails, but set to work making fresh runnels underneath them." Sir" John Lubbock says that the bees of the genus Osmia arrange their cells... | |
 | 1905 - 838 lehte
...crossing for some time, but at last set to work and tunneled underneath each rail. One day I stopped up_ the tunnels with stones: but although great numbers...set to work making fresh tunnels underneath them." Sir John Lubbock says that the bees of the genus Osmia arrange their cells in a row, and that the cells... | |
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