Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... dead queen - Behaviour to chloroformed friends Behaviour to intoxicated friends PARE 98 CHAPTER VI . RECOGNITION OF FRIENDS . Number of ants in a community - They all recognise one another -All others are enemies - Recognition after ...
... dead queen - Behaviour to chloroformed friends Behaviour to intoxicated friends PARE 98 CHAPTER VI . RECOGNITION OF FRIENDS . Number of ants in a community - They all recognise one another -All others are enemies - Recognition after ...
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... dead . Tetramorium is said to be very greedy ; Myrmecina very phlegmatic . In industry ants are not surpassed even by bees and wasps . They work all day , and in warm weather , if need be , even at night too . I once watched an ant from ...
... dead . Tetramorium is said to be very greedy ; Myrmecina very phlegmatic . In industry ants are not surpassed even by bees and wasps . They work all day , and in warm weather , if need be , even at night too . I once watched an ant from ...
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... dead nettle , forming a row . In others , as in some species of Narcissus , Primula , Pedicularis , & c . , the tube itself is so narrow that even an ant could not force its way down . In others , again , as in some of the Gentians ...
... dead nettle , forming a row . In others , as in some species of Narcissus , Primula , Pedicularis , & c . , the tube itself is so narrow that even an ant could not force its way down . In others , again , as in some of the Gentians ...
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... dead insects were brought in per minute ; which would give during the period of greatest energy more than 100,000 insects destroyed in a day by the inhabitants of one nest alone . Our English hunting ants generally forage alone . In ...
... dead insects were brought in per minute ; which would give during the period of greatest energy more than 100,000 insects destroyed in a day by the inhabitants of one nest alone . Our English hunting ants generally forage alone . In ...
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... dead animal matter , which is constantly occurring , decaying , becoming offensive , and thus vitiating the atmosphere , and which is by no means the least important in the Torrid Zone , often compelling the inhabitants to keep 14 ...
... dead animal matter , which is constantly occurring , decaying , becoming offensive , and thus vitiating the atmosphere , and which is by no means the least important in the Torrid Zone , often compelling the inhabitants to keep 14 ...
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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.