Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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Page 29
... them licking one another . Those , moreover , which I painted for facility of recognition were gradu- ally cleaned by their friends . Loc . cit . , vol . ii . p . 868 . CHAPTER II . ON THE FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NESTS CLEANLINESS .
... them licking one another . Those , moreover , which I painted for facility of recognition were gradu- ally cleaned by their friends . Loc . cit . , vol . ii . p . 868 . CHAPTER II . ON THE FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NESTS CLEANLINESS .
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... cleaned . This was so marked , and the edge of the cleaned portion was so distinct , that it is impossible not to suppose that the ants must have had some object in this proceeding , though I am unable to suggest any explanation of it ...
... cleaned . This was so marked , and the edge of the cleaned portion was so distinct , that it is impossible not to suppose that the ants must have had some object in this proceeding , though I am unable to suggest any explanation of it ...
Page 123
... cleaned her -though , from the attention she excited and the numerous communications which took place between her and them , I am satisfied that they knew she was not one of themselves . After a few minutes she accom- panied some of the ...
... cleaned her -though , from the attention she excited and the numerous communications which took place between her and them , I am satisfied that they knew she was not one of themselves . After a few minutes she accom- panied some of the ...
Page 130
... cleaned . After that I could not distinguish them . On the 29th another ant came out of the pupa- state ; and on October 1 at 7.45 I put her back into the nest . She seemed quite at home , and the others soon began to clean her . We ...
... cleaned . After that I could not distinguish them . On the 29th another ant came out of the pupa- state ; and on October 1 at 7.45 I put her back into the nest . She seemed quite at home , and the others soon began to clean her . We ...
Page 131
... cleaned . At 6 one was all right ; the other was no longer recognizable , having been quite cleaned . At 6.30 also one was quite at home ; the other could not be distinguished . At 7 both had been completely cleaned The following day I ...
... cleaned . At 6 one was all right ; the other was no longer recognizable , having been quite cleaned . At 6.30 also one was quite at home ; the other could not be distinguished . At 7 both had been completely cleaned The following day I ...
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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.