Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... hives - Infatuation of bees - Want of affection - Behaviour to queen - Sentinels - The sense of hearing -- The sense of colour - Experiments with coloured papers - Power of distinguishing colours - Preference for blue - Influence of ...
... hives - Infatuation of bees - Want of affection - Behaviour to queen - Sentinels - The sense of hearing -- The sense of colour - Experiments with coloured papers - Power of distinguishing colours - Preference for blue - Influence of ...
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... hive . The queens of ants are pro- vided with wings , but after a single flight they tear them off , and do not again quit the nest . In ad- dition to the ordinary workers there is in some species a second , or rather a third , form of ...
... hive . The queens of ants are pro- vided with wings , but after a single flight they tear them off , and do not again quit the nest . In ad- dition to the ordinary workers there is in some species a second , or rather a third , form of ...
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... hive there may be as many as 50,000 bees , and in the case of ants the numbers are still greater . In the large communities of Formica pratensis it is probable that there may be as many as from 400,000 to 500,000 ants , and in other ...
... hive there may be as many as 50,000 bees , and in the case of ants the numbers are still greater . In the large communities of Formica pratensis it is probable that there may be as many as from 400,000 to 500,000 ants , and in other ...
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... hive the bees had some common sign or password . As evidence of this , he mentions ' that one of his hives had been for some days robbed by the bees from another : ' et je désespérais de conserver cet essaim , lorsqu'un jour , sur le ...
... hive the bees had some common sign or password . As evidence of this , he mentions ' that one of his hives had been for some days robbed by the bees from another : ' et je désespérais de conserver cet essaim , lorsqu'un jour , sur le ...
Page 127
... hive by means of peculiar signs . This sign serves to pre- vent any strange bee from entering into the same hive without being immediately detected and killed . It , however , sometimes happens that several hives have the same signs ...
... hive by means of peculiar signs . This sign serves to pre- vent any strange bee from entering into the same hive without being immediately detected and killed . It , however , sometimes happens that several hives have the same signs ...
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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.