The whole formicarium was disorganised. Big fellows came stalking up from the cavernous regions below, only to descend again in the utmost perplexity. Next day I found them busily employed bringing up the ant-food from the old burrows, and carrying it... Guatemala: The Land of the Quetzal - Page 391by William Tufts Brigham - 1887 - 453 lehteFull view - About this book
| Thomas Belt - 1874 - 442 lehte
...once drawn off from my garden to meet the new danger at home. The whole formicarium was disorganised. Big fellows came stalking up from the cavernous regions...the old burrows and the new one was a steep slope. * This gentleman, beloved by all who knew him, of rare talent, .and with every prospect of a prosperous... | |
| 1881 - 904 lehte
...the burrows themselves the greatest confusion prevailed. Next day he found the ants busily engaged in bringing up the ant-food from the old burrows and carrying it to newly formed ones a few yards distant. These, however, turned out to be intended only as temporary... | |
| George John Romanes - 1882 - 550 lehte
...formicarium was disorganised, the ants running up and down again in the utmost perplexity. Next day he found them busily employed bringing up the ant-food from the old burrows, and carrying it to newly formed ones a few yards distant. These, however, turned out to be only intended as temporary... | |
| William Tufts Brigham - 1887 - 538 lehte
...parties were at once drawn oft' from my garden to meet the new danger at home. The whole formicarium was disorganized. Big fellows came stalking up from...Next day I found them busily employed bringing up the ant- food from the old burrows and carrying it to a new one a few yards distant; and here I first noticed... | |
| William Emerson Ritter, Edna Watson Bailey - 1927 - 358 lehte
...wished, the marauding parties were at once all drawn off my garden to meet the new danger at home. . . . Next day I found them busily employed bringing up...and carrying it to a new one a few yards distant." It was in connection with their moving that Belt says: "I first noticed a wonderful instance of their... | |
| Thomas Belt - 2005 - 449 lehte
...once drawn off from my garden to meet the new danger at home. The whole formicarram was disorganised. Big fellows came stalking up from the cavernous regions...busily employed bringing up the ant-food from the old barrows, and carrying it to a new one a few yards distant ; and here I first noticed a wonderful instance... | |
| ALFRED T. STORY - 1882 - 544 lehte
...the burrows themselves the greatest confusion prevailed. Next day he found the ants busily engaged in bringing up the ant-food from the old burrows, and carrying it to newly-formed ones a few yards distant. These, however, turned out to be intended only as temporary... | |
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