Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... manner a com- paratively small force of Polyergus will fearlessly attack much larger armies of other species , and suffer themselves scarcely any loss . Under ordinary circumstances an ants ' nest , like a beehive , consists of three ...
... manner a com- paratively small force of Polyergus will fearlessly attack much larger armies of other species , and suffer themselves scarcely any loss . Under ordinary circumstances an ants ' nest , like a beehive , consists of three ...
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... manner , rearing themselves up and threatening with their jaws . In the Sauba Ant of South America ( Ecodoma cephalotes ) , the complexity is carried still further ; ' Rev. T. S. Savage on the ' Habits of the Driver Ants , ' Trans Ent ...
... manner , rearing themselves up and threatening with their jaws . In the Sauba Ant of South America ( Ecodoma cephalotes ) , the complexity is carried still further ; ' Rev. T. S. Savage on the ' Habits of the Driver Ants , ' Trans Ent ...
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... manner . Bates considers ' that the leaves are used ' to thatch the domes which cover the entrances to their subterra- nean dwellings , thereby protecting them from the rains . ' Belt , on the other hand , maintains that they are torn ...
... manner . Bates considers ' that the leaves are used ' to thatch the domes which cover the entrances to their subterra- nean dwellings , thereby protecting them from the rains . ' Belt , on the other hand , maintains that they are torn ...
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... manner the ants prevent the grains from germinating . Moggridge found that if the ants were prevented from entering the granaries , the seeds began to sprout , and that this was also the case in deserted granaries . It would ap- pear ...
... manner the ants prevent the grains from germinating . Moggridge found that if the ants were prevented from entering the granaries , the seeds began to sprout , and that this was also the case in deserted granaries . It would ap- pear ...
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... manner . H. Edwards 2 and M'Cook 3 have observed ants licking the larva of a butterfly , Lycana pseudar- giolus . The different species of ants utilise different species of aphis . The common brown garden ant ( Lasius niger ) devotes ...
... manner . H. Edwards 2 and M'Cook 3 have observed ants licking the larva of a butterfly , Lycana pseudar- giolus . The different species of ants utilise different species of aphis . The common brown garden ant ( Lasius niger ) devotes ...
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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.