Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... August 1876 , lived until the following spring ; one of them till May 17 . It has also been the general opinion that the females lived about a year . Christ ' indeed thought they might last three or even four seasons , but this was ...
... August 1876 , lived until the following spring ; one of them till May 17 . It has also been the general opinion that the females lived about a year . Christ ' indeed thought they might last three or even four seasons , but this was ...
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... August 14 , 1876 , I isolated two pairs of Myr- mica ruginodis which I found flying in my garden . I placed them with damp earth , food , and water , and they continued perfectly healthy through the winter . Hist . Nat . des Ins ...
... August 14 , 1876 , I isolated two pairs of Myr- mica ruginodis which I found flying in my garden . I placed them with damp earth , food , and water , and they continued perfectly healthy through the winter . Hist . Nat . des Ins ...
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... August 1876 , three pupae were produced . They were all males . Another nest of Formica fusca produced a single young one , which also was a male . Lastly , my nest of Polyergus rufescens , which M. Forel was so good as to send me in ...
... August 1876 , three pupae were produced . They were all males . Another nest of Formica fusca produced a single young one , which also was a male . Lastly , my nest of Polyergus rufescens , which M. Forel was so good as to send me in ...
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... August 1888 respectively . During the whole time they enjoyed perfect health , and every year have laid eggs pro- ducing workers , a fact which suggests physiological conclusions of great interest . I have , moreover , little doubt that ...
... August 1888 respectively . During the whole time they enjoyed perfect health , and every year have laid eggs pro- ducing workers , a fact which suggests physiological conclusions of great interest . I have , moreover , little doubt that ...
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... the spring , the last in July and part of August ; or , if the summer be extremely favourable , ' An Account of English Ants , by the Rev. W. Gould , 1741 p . 36 . perhaps a little sooner . The female eggs are covered APHIDES . 69.
... the spring , the last in July and part of August ; or , if the summer be extremely favourable , ' An Account of English Ants , by the Rev. W. Gould , 1741 p . 36 . perhaps a little sooner . The female eggs are covered APHIDES . 69.
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Page 79 - On the 17th of June, 1804, whilst walking in the environs of Geneva, between four and five in the evening, I observed close at my feet, traversing the road, a legion of rufescent ants. They moved in a body with considerable rapidity, and occupied a space of from eight to ten inches in length by three or four in breadth. In a few minutes they quitted the road, passed a thick hedge, and entered a pasture ground where I followed them.