Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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Page 120
... dragged out of the nest or killed . # Moreover , we have not only to deal with the fact that ants know all their comrades , but that they recog- nise them even after a lengthened separation . Huber mentions that some ants which he had ...
... dragged out of the nest or killed . # Moreover , we have not only to deal with the fact that ants know all their comrades , but that they recog- nise them even after a lengthened separation . Huber mentions that some ants which he had ...
Page 124
... dragged about half way to the entrance of the nest , but was then left free and might have run away if she had liked . She , however , after wandering about for half a minute , voluntarily entered the nest . In one or two cases the ...
... dragged about half way to the entrance of the nest , but was then left free and might have run away if she had liked . She , however , after wandering about for half a minute , voluntarily entered the nest . In one or two cases the ...
Page 127
... dragged helplessly to and fro for a long time , and was evidently ordained to death . ' Burmeister's Entomology , p . 502 . • Mound - making Ants of the Alleghanies , p . 280 . Presently I took up the struggling heap . Two of SUPPOSED ...
... dragged helplessly to and fro for a long time , and was evidently ordained to death . ' Burmeister's Entomology , p . 502 . • Mound - making Ants of the Alleghanies , p . 280 . Presently I took up the struggling heap . Two of SUPPOSED ...
Page 132
... dragged out of the nest . I found no other dead ant outside the nest . for some days . December 29. - Painted three more , and put them in at 10.30 a.m. At 11 they were all right , 12 ditto , 1 ditto , 2 ditto . During the afternoon ...
... dragged out of the nest . I found no other dead ant outside the nest . for some days . December 29. - Painted three more , and put them in at 10.30 a.m. At 11 they were all right , 12 ditto , 1 ditto , 2 ditto . During the afternoon ...
Page 133
... dragged , out . The ant carried her about 6 inches and then put her down , apparently quite unhurt . She soon returned into the nest , and seemed to be quite amicably re- ceived by the rest . Another one of the three also seemed quite ...
... dragged , out . The ant carried her about 6 inches and then put her down , apparently quite unhurt . She soon returned into the nest , and seemed to be quite amicably re- ceived by the rest . Another one of the three also seemed quite ...
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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.