Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... Blue flowers - Paucity of blue flowers - Blue flowers of compara- tively recent origin 274 CHAPTER XI . WASPS . Communication among wasps - Like xii CONTENTS .
... Blue flowers - Paucity of blue flowers - Blue flowers of compara- tively recent origin 274 CHAPTER XI . WASPS . Communication among wasps - Like xii CONTENTS .
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... blue , or , rather , violet . The yellow was rather paler in shade , and that glass consequently rather more transparent than the green , which , again , was rather more trans- parent than the red or violet . I also procured some ...
... blue , or , rather , violet . The yellow was rather paler in shade , and that glass consequently rather more transparent than the green , which , again , was rather more trans- parent than the red or violet . I also procured some ...
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... blue . دو 99 445 397 violet . " " 99 99 The result of his examination of my glasses and solutions was as follows : - The light - yellow glass cut off the high end down to wave - length 442 . The dark - yellow glass cut off the high end ...
... blue . دو 99 445 397 violet . " " 99 99 The result of his examination of my glasses and solutions was as follows : - The light - yellow glass cut off the high end down to wave - length 442 . The dark - yellow glass cut off the high end ...
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... blue , and violet fell on the bridge . The ants , however , walked backwards and forwards without ( perhaps from excitement ) taking any notice of the colour . I then allowed some ants ( Lasius niger ) tc find some larv¿ , to which they ...
... blue , and violet fell on the bridge . The ants , however , walked backwards and forwards without ( perhaps from excitement ) taking any notice of the colour . I then allowed some ants ( Lasius niger ) tc find some larv¿ , to which they ...
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... blue , and violet , as well as the ultra - red and ultra - violet ; but the ants took no notice . It is obvious that these facts suggest a number of interesting inferences . I must , however , repeat the observations and make others ...
... blue , and violet , as well as the ultra - red and ultra - violet ; but the ants took no notice . It is obvious that these facts suggest a number of interesting inferences . I must , however , repeat the observations and make others ...
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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.