Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... friends and strangers - Instances of kindness - A crippled ant - A 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 ...
... friends and strangers - Instances of kindness - A crippled ant - A 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 ...
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... 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 . 29.
... 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 . 29.
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... friends should not relieve them of such an awkward encum- brance . The behaviour of ants to one another differs also much according to circumstances ; whether , for instance , they are alone , or supported by friends . An ant which ...
... friends should not relieve them of such an awkward encum- brance . The behaviour of ants to one another differs also much according to circumstances ; whether , for instance , they are alone , or supported by friends . An ant which ...
Page 98
... friends took the least notice of her , and eventually she died . I then chloroformed one , and put her on the board among her friends . Several touched her , but from 12 to 2.30 P.M. none took any particular notice of her . On the other ...
... friends took the least notice of her , and eventually she died . I then chloroformed one , and put her on the board among her friends . Several touched her , but from 12 to 2.30 P.M. none took any particular notice of her . On the other ...
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... friends in distress than previous observers have stated to be the case ; but they certainly show that tenderness is not invariably the rule ; and , especially when taken in connexion with the following cases , they are interesting ...
... friends in distress than previous observers have stated to be the case ; but they certainly show that tenderness is not invariably the rule ; and , especially when taken in connexion with the following cases , they are interesting ...
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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.