Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... fact just sufficiently deep to allow the ants freedom of motion ) , with slips of wood round the edges , the intermediate space being filled up with fine earth . If the interval between the glass plates was too great , the ants were ...
... fact just sufficiently deep to allow the ants freedom of motion ) , with slips of wood round the edges , the intermediate space being filled up with fine earth . If the interval between the glass plates was too great , the ants were ...
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... fact just sufficiently deep to allow the ants freedom of motion ) , with slips of wood round the edges , the intermediate space being filled up with fine earth . If the interval between the glass plates was too great , the ants were ...
... fact just sufficiently deep to allow the ants freedom of motion ) , with slips of wood round the edges , the intermediate space being filled up with fine earth . If the interval between the glass plates was too great , the ants were ...
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... fact , as it is only necessary to remove a minute portion , not sufficient to make any difference in their flight , they seemed scarcely to notice it . I never found any difficulty in painting bees or wasps ; if they are given a little ...
... fact , as it is only necessary to remove a minute portion , not sufficient to make any difference in their flight , they seemed scarcely to notice it . I never found any difficulty in painting bees or wasps ; if they are given a little ...
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... fact has since been fully confirmed by Forel , that the pupæ are unable to emerge from the cocoons without the ... facts ; namely , that while in summer they take only a few weeks ; in some species , as our small yellow meadow ants , the ...
... fact has since been fully confirmed by Forel , that the pupæ are unable to emerge from the cocoons without the ... facts ; namely , that while in summer they take only a few weeks ; in some species , as our small yellow meadow ants , the ...
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... and 900 , in the workers about 600. Where the workers vary in size 1 Having reference to the facts stated on page 37 , this is a result of great physiological interest . they differ also in the number of facets . Thus 10 STRUCTURE OF ANTS .
... and 900 , in the workers about 600. Where the workers vary in size 1 Having reference to the facts stated on page 37 , this is a result of great physiological interest . they differ also in the number of facets . Thus 10 STRUCTURE OF ANTS .
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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.