Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... seemed scarcely to notice it . I never found any difficulty in painting bees or wasps ; if they are given a little honey they become so intent that they quietly allow the paint to be applied . Of course too much must not be put on , and ...
... seemed scarcely to notice it . I never found any difficulty in painting bees or wasps ; if they are given a little honey they become so intent that they quietly allow the paint to be applied . Of course too much must not be put on , and ...
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... seemed to be playing hide and seek . Forel entirely confirms Huber's state- ments , though he was at first incredulous . Bays : 3_ 1 An Account of English Ants , p . 103 . Nat Hist . of Ants , p . 197 . Loc . cit . , p . 867 . He ...
... seemed to be playing hide and seek . Forel entirely confirms Huber's state- ments , though he was at first incredulous . Bays : 3_ 1 An Account of English Ants , p . 103 . Nat Hist . of Ants , p . 197 . Loc . cit . , p . 867 . He ...
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... seemed thriving , and 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 ...
... seemed thriving , and 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 ...
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... seemed at first to disconcert their opponents , Forel assures us that they did not succeed in killing even a single Tetramorium . In fact , as Forel graphically observes , Strongylognathus is une triste caricature ' of Polyergus , and ...
... seemed at first to disconcert their opponents , Forel assures us that they did not succeed in killing even a single Tetramorium . In fact , as Forel graphically observes , Strongylognathus is une triste caricature ' of Polyergus , and ...
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... seemed to have lost her wits . I put her into her nest ; but the others took no notice of her ; and after wandering about a little , she retired into a solitary place , where she remained from 3 P.M. to 8 without moving . The following ...
... seemed to have lost her wits . I put her into her nest ; but the others took no notice of her ; and after wandering about a little , she retired into a solitary place , where she remained from 3 P.M. to 8 without moving . The following ...
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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.