Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... round the edges , the intermediate space being filled up with fine earth . If the interval between the glass plates was too great , the ants were partly hidden by the earth , but when the distance between the plates of glass was ...
... round the edges , the intermediate space being filled up with fine earth . If the interval between the glass plates was too great , the ants were partly hidden by the earth , but when the distance between the plates of glass was ...
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... round the edges , the intermediate space being filled up with fine earth . If the interval between the glass plates was too great , the ants were partly hidden by the earth , but when the distance between the plates of glass was ...
... round the edges , the intermediate space being filled up with fine earth . If the interval between the glass plates was too great , the ants were partly hidden by the earth , but when the distance between the plates of glass was ...
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... round which runs a ditch of water . Above are six nests , D , each lying on a platform E , which could be turned for facility of observation , as shown in the dotted lines D ' and E ' . Thus the ants had a considerable range , as they ...
... round which runs a ditch of water . Above are six nests , D , each lying on a platform E , which could be turned for facility of observation , as shown in the dotted lines D ' and E ' . Thus the ants had a considerable range , as they ...
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... round each , for a distance about as long as the body of an ant , the glass had been * most carefully cleaned . This was so marked , and the edge of the cleaned portion was so distinct , that it is impossible not to suppose that the ...
... round each , for a distance about as long as the body of an ant , the glass had been * most carefully cleaned . This was so marked , and the edge of the cleaned portion was so distinct , that it is impossible not to suppose that the ...
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... round the stem . species have such a leaf - cup at each joint , in others there is only a single basin , formed by the rosette of radical leaves . In these receptacles rain and dew not only collect , but are retained for a considerable ...
... round the stem . species have such a leaf - cup at each joint , in others there is only a single basin , formed by the rosette of radical leaves . In these receptacles rain and dew not only collect , but are retained for a considerable ...
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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.