Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... marked without any real difficulty No two species of Ants are identical in habits ; and , on various accounts , their mode of life is far from easy to unravel . In the first place , most of their time is passed underground : all the ...
... marked without any real difficulty No two species of Ants are identical in habits ; and , on various accounts , their mode of life is far from easy to unravel . In the first place , most of their time is passed underground : all the ...
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... marked periods - those of the egg , of the larva or grub , of the pupa or chrysalis , and of the perfect insect or imago . The eggs are white or yellowish , and somewhat elon- gated . They are said to hatch about fifteen days after ...
... marked periods - those of the egg , of the larva or grub , of the pupa or chrysalis , and of the perfect insect or imago . The eggs are white or yellowish , and somewhat elon- gated . They are said to hatch about fifteen days after ...
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... marked , and the edge of the cleaned portion was so distinct , that it is impossible not to suppose that the ants must have had some object in this proceeding , though I am unable to suggest any explanation of it . I have already ...
... marked , and the edge of the cleaned portion was so distinct , that it is impossible not to suppose that the ants must have had some object in this proceeding , though I am unable to suggest any explanation of it . I have already ...
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... marked with an 0. An ant , marked in my register as No. 3 , was at the time when we began observing acting as feeder to the community . The only cases in which other ants came to the honey were at 2 P.M. on November 22 , when another ...
... marked with an 0. An ant , marked in my register as No. 3 , was at the time when we began observing acting as feeder to the community . The only cases in which other ants came to the honey were at 2 P.M. on November 22 , when another ...
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... marked instance of this mode of protection , though it is possible that these cups serve another purpose , and form , as suggested by Francis Darwin , traps in which insects are caught , and in which they are dissolved by the contained ...
... marked instance of this mode of protection , though it is possible that these cups serve another purpose , and form , as suggested by Francis Darwin , traps in which insects are caught , and in which they are dissolved by the contained ...
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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.