Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraD. Appleton, 1911 - 448 pages |
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Page 28
... hour's rest returned for another . Our countryman Gould noticed ' certain amuse- ments ' or ' sportive exercises , ' which he had observed among ants . Huber also mentions2 scenes which he had witnessed on the surface of ant hills , and ...
... hour's rest returned for another . Our countryman Gould noticed ' certain amuse- ments ' or ' sportive exercises , ' which he had observed among ants . Huber also mentions2 scenes which he had witnessed on the surface of ant hills , and ...
Page 45
... hour during the day . One of the nests contained about 200 individuals of F. fusca , the other was a nest of P ... hours at which we omitted to record an observation are left blank ; when no ant was at the honey , the square is marked ...
... hour during the day . One of the nests contained about 200 individuals of F. fusca , the other was a nest of P ... hours at which we omitted to record an observation are left blank ; when no ant was at the honey , the square is marked ...
Page 60
... hours , without tiring . They are so small , that from eight to twelve in number labour with great difficulty to convey a grain of wheat or barley , yet these are not more than half the size of a grain of English wheat . I have known ...
... hours , without tiring . They are so small , that from eight to twelve in number labour with great difficulty to convey a grain of wheat or barley , yet these are not more than half the size of a grain of English wheat . I have known ...
Page 83
... , even if supplied with food . I have , however , kept isolated specimens for three months by giving them a slave for an hour or two a day to clean and feed them : under these circumstances they re mained. POLYERGUS FED BY THE SLAVES . 83.
... , even if supplied with food . I have , however , kept isolated specimens for three months by giving them a slave for an hour or two a day to clean and feed them : under these circumstances they re mained. POLYERGUS FED BY THE SLAVES . 83.
Page 99
... hour before she recovered herself ; and during this time the marked ant passed by eighteen times without taking the slightest notice of her . I then immersed another ant in the water for an hour , after which I placed her on the strip ...
... hour before she recovered herself ; and during this time the marked ant passed by eighteen times without taking the slightest notice of her . I then immersed another ant in the water for an hour , after which I placed her on the strip ...
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A.M. ditto abdomen antennæ aphides August bees bisulphide of carbon blue paper carried cleaned compound eyes coxæ dark dragged Eciton eggs experiments eyes fact flew flowers Forel Formica fusca Formica rufa four Fourmis glass and bisulphide green paper half hive honey on blue honey on green hour Huber imprisoned inches insects instance journeys and brought larvæ Lasius flavus Lasius niger legs males ment minutes moved Myrmica ruginodis nest of Formica nest of Lasius observations ocelli October orange paper bridge placed Polyergus porcelain pupa pupæ queen recognise red glass result returned right pin round sanguinea scent seemed September slaves soon species specimens straight stranger Strongylognathus Tetramorium thalline thorax three ants tibiæ took a larva tried ultra-violet rays violet glass visits wandering wasps watched window workers young دو دو دو وو دو وو دو وو وو وو