Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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Page 50
... c . , which , as far as size is concerned , might well be fertilised by ants , the visits of flying insects are much more advan- tageous . Moreover , if larger flowers were visited by ON THE RELATION OF ANTS TO PLANTS PAGE.
... c . , which , as far as size is concerned , might well be fertilised by ants , the visits of flying insects are much more advan- tageous . Moreover , if larger flowers were visited by ON THE RELATION OF ANTS TO PLANTS PAGE.
Page 51
... visits of bees . If you touch an ant with a needle or a bristle , she is almost sure to seize it in her jaws ; and if bees , when visiting any particular plant , were liable to have the delicate tip of their proboscis seized on by the ...
... visits of bees . If you touch an ant with a needle or a bristle , she is almost sure to seize it in her jaws ; and if bees , when visiting any particular plant , were liable to have the delicate tip of their proboscis seized on by the ...
Page 56
... ants were soon glued down . Kerner is even disposed to suggest that the nectaries which occur on certain leaves are a means of protection against the unwel- come , because unprofitable , visits of creeping insects , 56 VISCIDITY OF PLANTS .
... ants were soon glued down . Kerner is even disposed to suggest that the nectaries which occur on certain leaves are a means of protection against the unwel- come , because unprofitable , visits of creeping insects , 56 VISCIDITY OF PLANTS .
Page 57
... visits of creeping insects , by diverting them from the flowers . Thus , then , though ants have not influenced the present condition of the vegetable kingdom to the same extent as bees , they have also had a very con- siderable effect ...
... visits of creeping insects , by diverting them from the flowers . Thus , then , though ants have not influenced the present condition of the vegetable kingdom to the same extent as bees , they have also had a very con- siderable effect ...
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... visits sometimes ( though very seldom in my view ) desirable . ' They move over the house with a good degree of order , unless disturbed , occasionally spreading abroad , ransacking one point after another , till , either having found ...
... visits sometimes ( though very seldom in my view ) desirable . ' They move over the house with a good degree of order , unless disturbed , occasionally spreading abroad , ransacking one point after another , till , either having found ...
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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.