Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 29
Page 33
... remained about six weeks in the egg , a month in the state of larv¿ , and twenty - five to twenty - seven days as pup¿ . Since , however , cases are on record in which com munities are known to have existed for many years , it seems ...
... remained about six weeks in the egg , a month in the state of larv¿ , and twenty - five to twenty - seven days as pup¿ . Since , however , cases are on record in which com munities are known to have existed for many years , it seems ...
Page 66
... remained per- fectly still , allowing the ants to run over it . This they did , but seem to have been quite deceived by its appearance and immobility , apparently taking it for a leaf . In other cases , insects mimic ants , and thus ...
... remained per- fectly still , allowing the ants to run over it . This they did , but seem to have been quite deceived by its appearance and immobility , apparently taking it for a leaf . In other cases , insects mimic ants , and thus ...
Page 72
... remained stationary on the daisy . Moreover , whether they had sprung from the black eggs or not , the ants evidently valued them , for they built up a wall of earth round and over them . So things remained throughout the summer ; but ...
... remained stationary on the daisy . Moreover , whether they had sprung from the black eggs or not , the ants evidently valued them , for they built up a wall of earth round and over them . So things remained throughout the summer ; but ...
Page 81
... remained unbroken , notwithstanding the ob- stacles they had to surmount . At length they ap- proached a nest , inhabited by dark ash - coloured ants , the dome of which rose above the grass , at a distance of twenty feet from the hedge ...
... remained unbroken , notwithstanding the ob- stacles they had to surmount . At length they ap- proached a nest , inhabited by dark ash - coloured ants , the dome of which rose above the grass , at a distance of twenty feet from the hedge ...
Page 96
... remained there till 9 , when she came out . She remained out all day ; and the following morning I found her dead . Indeed , I have often been surprised that in certain cases ants render one another so little assistance . The tenacity ...
... remained there till 9 , when she came out . She remained out all day ; and the following morning I found her dead . Indeed , I have often been surprised that in certain cases ants render one another so little assistance . The tenacity ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
૪ ૪ ૪ A.M. ditto abdomen Anergates antenn¿ aphides attacked August bees bisulphide of carbon blue paper carried cleaned compound eyes cox¿ dragged Eciton eggs experiment feeding flew flowers following day Forel Formica fusca Formica rufa four Fourmis glass and bisulphide green paper half hive honey on blue honey on green hour inches insects instance journeys and brought larv¿ Lasius flavus Lasius niger legs less males minutes moved Myrmica ruginodis nest of Formica nest of Lasius observations ocelli October once orange P.M. the friend paper bridge placed Polyergus pupa pup¿ queen recognise result returned right pin round sanguinea seemed September slips of glass soon species specimens stranger Strongylognathus Tetramorium thorax three ants took a larva took no notice transposed the colours tried vermilion violet glass visits wasp watched window workers young دو وو وو
Popular passages
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.