Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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Page 28
... hour's rest returned for another . Our countryman Gould noticed ' certain amuse- ments ' or ' sportive exercises , ' which he had observed among ants . Huber also mentions2 scenes which he had witnessed on the surface of ant hills , and ...
... hour's rest returned for another . Our countryman Gould noticed ' certain amuse- ments ' or ' sportive exercises , ' which he had observed among ants . Huber also mentions2 scenes which he had witnessed on the surface of ant hills , and ...
Page 45
... hour during the day . One of the nests contained about 200 individuals of F. fusca , the other was a nest of P ... hours at which we omitted to record an observation are left blank ; when no ant was at the honey , the square is marked ...
... hour during the day . One of the nests contained about 200 individuals of F. fusca , the other was a nest of P ... hours at which we omitted to record an observation are left blank ; when no ant was at the honey , the square is marked ...
Page 60
... hours , without tiring . They are so small , that from eight to twelve in number labour with great difficulty to convey a grain of wheat or barley , yet these are not more than half the size of a grain of English wheat . I have known ...
... hours , without tiring . They are so small , that from eight to twelve in number labour with great difficulty to convey a grain of wheat or barley , yet these are not more than half the size of a grain of English wheat . I have known ...
Page 83
... , even if supplied with food . I have , however , kept isolated specimens for three months by giving them a slave for an hour or two a day to clean and feed them : under these circumstances they re- mained POLYERGUS FED BY THE SLAVES . 83.
... , even if supplied with food . I have , however , kept isolated specimens for three months by giving them a slave for an hour or two a day to clean and feed them : under these circumstances they re- mained POLYERGUS FED BY THE SLAVES . 83.
Page 99
... hour before she recovered herself ; and during this time the marked ant passed by eighteen times without taking the slightest notice of her . I then immersed another ant in the water for an hour , after which I placed her on the strip ...
... hour before she recovered herself ; and during this time the marked ant passed by eighteen times without taking the slightest notice of her . I then immersed another ant in the water for an hour , after which I placed her on the strip ...
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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.