Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... brought or directed to stores of food - Scent - Sight -Experiments with different quantities of food - Ants which returned empty - handed and brought friends to assist 153 1 CHAPTER VIII . THE SENSES OF ANTS . SIGHT CONTENTS .
... brought or directed to stores of food - Scent - Sight -Experiments with different quantities of food - Ants which returned empty - handed and brought friends to assist 153 1 CHAPTER VIII . THE SENSES OF ANTS . SIGHT CONTENTS .
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... brought home the ants , earth , & c . , all together . I then put them over one of my artificial nests , on one of the platforms surrounded by a moat of water . Gra- dually the outer earth dried up , while that between the two plates of ...
... brought home the ants , earth , & c . , all together . I then put them over one of my artificial nests , on one of the platforms surrounded by a moat of water . Gra- dually the outer earth dried up , while that between the two plates of ...
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... , take off her own wings , and become , as it were , a worker ; then she constructed a small nest , laid a few eggs , and brought up the larv¿ by acting as mother and nurse at CHAPTER II FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NESTS.
... , take off her own wings , and become , as it were , a worker ; then she constructed a small nest , laid a few eggs , and brought up the larv¿ by acting as mother and nurse at CHAPTER II FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NESTS.
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... brought back from Castellamare in November 1875 . At that time it contained no eggs or larv¿ . In 1876 a few eggs were laid , of which fifteen came to maturity , and were , I believe , all males . In 1877 there were fourteen pup¿ , of ...
... brought back from Castellamare in November 1875 . At that time it contained no eggs or larv¿ . In 1876 a few eggs were laid , of which fifteen came to maturity , and were , I believe , all males . In 1877 there were fourteen pup¿ , of ...
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... brought only one young one to maturity . This was a male . In the following year , I again carefully watched my nests , to see what further light they would throw on the subject . In six of those which contained no queen , eggs were ...
... brought only one young one to maturity . This was a male . In the following year , I again carefully watched my nests , to see what further light they would throw on the subject . In six of those which contained no queen , eggs were ...
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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.