Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... glass , about ten inches square , and at a distance apart of from to of an inch ( in fact just sufficiently deep to allow the ants freedom of motion ) , with slips of wood round the edges , the intermediate space being filled up with ...
... glass , about ten inches square , and at a distance apart of from to of an inch ( in fact just sufficiently deep to allow the ants freedom of motion ) , with slips of wood round the edges , the intermediate space being filled up with ...
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... glass , about ten inches square , and at a distance apart of from to of an inch ( in fact just sufficiently deep to allow the ants freedom of motion ) , with slips of wood round the edges , the intermediate space being filled up with ...
... glass , about ten inches square , and at a distance apart of from to of an inch ( in fact just sufficiently deep to allow the ants freedom of motion ) , with slips of wood round the edges , the intermediate space being filled up with ...
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... 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 to the ants ; or on stands ...
... 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 to the ants ; or on stands ...
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... slip of glass ( May 22 ) . One of them had got thoroughly entangled in it . I took her and put her down just in front of another specimen belonging to the same nest , and close by I placed a drop of honey . The ant devoted herself to ...
... slip of glass ( May 22 ) . One of them had got thoroughly entangled in it . I took her and put her down just in front of another specimen belonging to the same nest , and close by I placed a drop of honey . The ant devoted herself to ...
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... slip of glass , and one of them had got thoroughly mixed in it . I took her out and put her on the glass close by She could not disentangle herself ; not one of her friends took the least notice of her , and eventually she died . I then ...
... slip of glass , and one of them had got thoroughly mixed in it . I took her out and put her on the glass close by She could not disentangle herself ; not one of her friends took the least notice of her , and eventually she died . I then ...
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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.