Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... similar metamorphoses , such as bees , wasps , moths , butterflies , flies , and beetles , & c . , the larval stage is the period of growth . During the chrysalis stage , though immense changes take place , and the organs of the perfect ...
... similar metamorphoses , such as bees , wasps , moths , butterflies , flies , and beetles , & c . , the larval stage is the period of growth . During the chrysalis stage , though immense changes take place , and the organs of the perfect ...
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... similar- as the stings of ants , bees , and wasps , should have been developed independently . Any opinion expressed by M. Dewitz on such a subject is , of course , entitled to much weight ; never- theless there are some general ...
... similar- as the stings of ants , bees , and wasps , should have been developed independently . Any opinion expressed by M. Dewitz on such a subject is , of course , entitled to much weight ; never- theless there are some general ...
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... similar results ; and as yet in no single case had an isolated female been known to bring her young to maturity . Forel even thought himself justified in concluding , from his ob- servations and from those of Ebrard , that such a fact ...
... similar results ; and as yet in no single case had an isolated female been known to bring her young to maturity . Forel even thought himself justified in concluding , from his ob- servations and from those of Ebrard , that such a fact ...
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... similar habit has been evolved and a similar modification has been produced . The two species , however , are very distinct , belonging to totally 1 Ann . Soc . Ent . de France , v . p . 111 . 2 Canadian Entomologist , vol . vii . p ...
... similar habit has been evolved and a similar modification has been produced . The two species , however , are very distinct , belonging to totally 1 Ann . Soc . Ent . de France , v . p . 111 . 2 Canadian Entomologist , vol . vii . p ...
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... , on which it subsists from February 1 Trans . Ent . Soc . 1840 , p . 213 . Ibid . 1836 , p . 99. Dr. Lincecum has also made a similar observation . to October . On one occasion he even observed the 60 HARVESTING ANTS .
... , on which it subsists from February 1 Trans . Ent . Soc . 1840 , p . 213 . Ibid . 1836 , p . 99. Dr. Lincecum has also made a similar observation . to October . On one occasion he even observed the 60 HARVESTING ANTS .
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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.