Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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Page 28
... took her out of the bottle , placing her on a little heap of larvæ about three feet from the nest . Under these circum- stances I certainly did not expect her to return . How- ever , though she had thus been six days in confine- ment ...
... took her out of the bottle , placing her on a little heap of larvæ about three feet from the nest . Under these circum- stances I certainly did not expect her to return . How- ever , though she had thus been six days in confine- ment ...
Page 31
... took great care of them ; and notwithstanding the inconvenience of not being able to vary the temperature of their habi- tation , they reared some , which became larvæ of a tolerable size , but which soon perished from the effect of my ...
... took great care of them ; and notwithstanding the inconvenience of not being able to vary the temperature of their habi- tation , they reared some , which became larvæ of a tolerable size , but which soon perished from the effect of my ...
Page 32
... took an old , fertile , queen from a nest of Lasius flavus , and put her to another nest of the same species . The workers became very excited and attacked her . b . I repeated the experiment , with the same result . c . Do. do . In ...
... took an old , fertile , queen from a nest of Lasius flavus , and put her to another nest of the same species . The workers became very excited and attacked her . b . I repeated the experiment , with the same result . c . Do. do . In ...
Page 46
... took the place of No. 6 , and ( No. 5 being imprisoned on January 11 ) took in all the supplies , again with a little help from No. 7. So matters continued till the 17th , when I imprisoned No. 9 , and then again , i.e. on the 19th ...
... took the place of No. 6 , and ( No. 5 being imprisoned on January 11 ) took in all the supplies , again with a little help from No. 7. So matters continued till the 17th , when I imprisoned No. 9 , and then again , i.e. on the 19th ...
Page 70
... took great care of these brown bodies , carrying them off to the lower chambers with the utmost haste when the nest was disturbed . I brought some home with me and put them near one of my own nests , when the ants carried them inside ...
... took great care of these brown bodies , carrying them off to the lower chambers with the utmost haste when the nest was disturbed . I brought some home with me and put them near one of my own nests , when the ants carried them inside ...
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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.