Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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Page 20
... evidently the part of guides rather than of guards . At times they place their abdomen horizontally on the ground , and laying hold of fixed points with their hind feet ( which together thus acted as a fulcrum ) , elevate the anterior ...
... evidently the part of guides rather than of guards . At times they place their abdomen horizontally on the ground , and laying hold of fixed points with their hind feet ( which together thus acted as a fulcrum ) , elevate the anterior ...
Page 72
... evidently valued them , for they built up a wall of earth round and over them . So things remained throughout the summer ; but on the 9th October I found that the aphides had laid some eggs exactly resembling those found in the ants ...
... evidently valued them , for they built up a wall of earth round and over them . So things remained throughout the summer ; but on the 9th October I found that the aphides had laid some eggs exactly resembling those found in the ants ...
Page 75
... evidently at home , among the ants . Both Platyarthrus and Beckia , from living constantly in the dark , have become blind ; I say have become , ' because their ancestors no doubt had eyes . In neither of these cases have I ever seen an ...
... evidently at home , among the ants . Both Platyarthrus and Beckia , from living constantly in the dark , have become blind ; I say have become , ' because their ancestors no doubt had eyes . In neither of these cases have I ever seen an ...
Page 98
... evidently trying to get away from the nest , which was enclosed in the usual manner by a fur barrier . After watching for some time I provided the ant with a paper bridge , up which she immediately went , dropped her victim on the far ...
... evidently trying to get away from the nest , which was enclosed in the usual manner by a fur barrier . After watching for some time I provided the ant with a paper bridge , up which she immediately went , dropped her victim on the far ...
Page 107
... evidently much wounded , and lay helplessly on the ground . After some time another Formica fusca from her nest came by . She examined the poor sufferer carefully , then picked up carefully and carried her away into the nest . It would ...
... evidently much wounded , and lay helplessly on the ground . After some time another Formica fusca from her nest came by . She examined the poor sufferer carefully , then picked up carefully and carried her away into the nest . It would ...
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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.