Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... placed on the same stand . Of course it was impossible to force the ants into these glass nests . On the other hand , when once the right way is known it is easy to induce them to go in . When I wished to start a new nest I dug one up ...
... placed on the same stand . Of course it was impossible to force the ants into these glass nests . On the other hand , when once the right way is known it is easy to induce them to go in . When I wished to start a new nest I dug one up ...
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... placed them with damp earth , food , and water , and they continued perfectly healthy through the winter . Hist . Nat . des Ins . Hymenoptères , vol . i . p . 144 In April one of the males died , and the 32 RELUCTANCE TO ADOPT A NEW QUEEN .
... placed them with damp earth , food , and water , and they continued perfectly healthy through the winter . Hist . Nat . des Ins . Hymenoptères , vol . i . p . 144 In April one of the males died , and the 32 RELUCTANCE TO ADOPT A NEW QUEEN .
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... placed on the flowers themselves , as in some verbenas and gentians . Some- times the whole plant is more or less hairy , and it will be observed that the hairs of plants have a great tendency to point downwards , which of course con ...
... placed on the flowers themselves , as in some verbenas and gentians . Some- times the whole plant is more or less hairy , and it will be observed that the hairs of plants have a great tendency to point downwards , which of course con ...
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... placed several kinds of ants on these plants , and was surprised to find that their sharp claws cut through the delicate epidermis ; while through the minute clefts thus made the milky juice quickly exuded , by which the ants were soon ...
... placed several kinds of ants on these plants , and was surprised to find that their sharp claws cut through the delicate epidermis ; while through the minute clefts thus made the milky juice quickly exuded , by which the ants were soon ...
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... placed them at their birth.'1 This is , I think , a mistake . I do not propose here to describe the anatomy of the aphis ; but I may observe that I have examined the female , and find these eggs to arise in the manner described by ...
... placed them at their birth.'1 This is , I think , a mistake . I do not propose here to describe the anatomy of the aphis ; but I may observe that I have examined the female , and find these eggs to arise in the manner described by ...
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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.