Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... Die Europäischen Formiciden , all of which are cheap and easily procurable . I have , however , given figures of the principal species with which I have worked . observation . I found it convenient to have one side 2 NUMBER OF SPECIES .
... Die Europäischen Formiciden , all of which are cheap and easily procurable . I have , however , given figures of the principal species with which I have worked . observation . I found it convenient to have one side 2 NUMBER OF SPECIES .
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... Die Europäischen Formiciden , all of which are cheap and easily procurable . I have , however , given figures of the principal species with which I have worked . observation . I found it convenient to have one side 2 NUMBER OF SPECIES .
... Die Europäischen Formiciden , all of which are cheap and easily procurable . I have , however , given figures of the principal species with which I have worked . observation . I found it convenient to have one side 2 NUMBER OF SPECIES .
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... side of the nest formed by a loose slip of wood , and at one corner I left a small door . These glass nests I either kept in shallow boxes with loose glass covers resting on baize , which admitted enough air , and yet was im- pervious ...
... side of the nest formed by a loose slip of wood , and at one corner I left a small door . These glass nests I either kept in shallow boxes with loose glass covers resting on baize , which admitted enough air , and yet was im- pervious ...
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... side of the head ; and ocelli , or so - called simple eyes . The compound eyes consist of many facets . The number differs greatly in different species , and in the different sexes , the males generally having the greatest number . Thus ...
... side of the head ; and ocelli , or so - called simple eyes . The compound eyes consist of many facets . The number differs greatly in different species , and in the different sexes , the males generally having the greatest number . Thus ...
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... side of the column formed by the small ones . They acted , he says , evidently the part of guides rather than of guards . At times they place their abdomen horizontally on the ground , and laying hold of fixed points with their hind ...
... side of the column formed by the small ones . They acted , he says , evidently the part of guides rather than of guards . At times they place their abdomen horizontally on the ground , and laying hold of fixed points with their hind ...
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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.