Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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Page 72
... tried them with roots of grass & c .; they wandered uneasily about , and eventually died . More- over , they did not in any way resemble the subterranean species . In 1878 I again attempted to rear these young aphides ; but though I ...
... tried them with roots of grass & c .; they wandered uneasily about , and eventually died . More- over , they did not in any way resemble the subterranean species . In 1878 I again attempted to rear these young aphides ; but though I ...
Page 102
... tried the following experiments : - ( 1 ) On August 20 I placed some honey near a nest of Lasius niger on a glass surrounded with water , and so arranged that in reaching it the ants passed over another glass covered with a layer of ...
... tried the following experiments : - ( 1 ) On August 20 I placed some honey near a nest of Lasius niger on a glass surrounded with water , and so arranged that in reaching it the ants passed over another glass covered with a layer of ...
Page 103
... tried the following experiments . I took six ants from a nest of F. fusca , imprisoned them in a small bottle , one end of which was covered with a layer of muslin . I then put the muslin close to the door of the nest . The muslin was ...
... tried the following experiments . I took six ants from a nest of F. fusca , imprisoned them in a small bottle , one end of which was covered with a layer of muslin . I then put the muslin close to the door of the nest . The muslin was ...
Page 106
... tried , also a community of Formica fusca , behaved exactly like the first . They took no notice of the bottle containing the friends , but clustered round and eventually forced their way into that containing the strangers . It seems ...
... tried , also a community of Formica fusca , behaved exactly like the first . They took no notice of the bottle containing the friends , but clustered round and eventually forced their way into that containing the strangers . It seems ...
Page 107
... tried uncovering the part of the nest where she was . The other ants soon carried her into the shaded part . On March 4 the ants were all out of the nest , probably for fresh air , and had collected together in a corner of the box ...
... tried uncovering the part of the nest where she was . The other ants soon carried her into the shaded part . On March 4 the ants were all out of the nest , probably for fresh air , and had collected together in a corner of the box ...
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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.