Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... whole , however , I have not thought it necessary to do so . They are well given in various entomological works for instance , in Smith's Catalogue of British Fossorial Hymenoptera ; Saunders ' Synopsis of British Heterogyna ; and in ...
... whole , however , I have not thought it necessary to do so . They are well given in various entomological works for instance , in Smith's Catalogue of British Fossorial Hymenoptera ; Saunders ' Synopsis of British Heterogyna ; and in ...
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... whole , however , I have not thought it necessary to do so . They are well given in various entomological works for instance , in Smith's Catalogue of British Fossorial Hymenoptera ; Saunders ' Synopsis of British Heterogyna ; and in ...
... whole , however , I have not thought it necessary to do so . They are well given in various entomological works for instance , in Smith's Catalogue of British Fossorial Hymenoptera ; Saunders ' Synopsis of British Heterogyna ; and in ...
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... whole community is kept , then the greater number introduces a fresh element of difficulty and complexity . Moreover , within the same species , the individuals seem to differ in character , and even the same individual will behave very ...
... whole community is kept , then the greater number introduces a fresh element of difficulty and complexity . Moreover , within the same species , the individuals seem to differ in character , and even the same individual will behave very ...
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... whole , I must regard the ancestral ant as having pos- sessed a sting , and consider that the rudimentary con- dition of that of Formica is due to atrophy , perhaps through disuse . On the other hand , it is certainly , at first sight ...
... whole , I must regard the ancestral ant as having pos- sessed a sting , and consider that the rudimentary con- dition of that of Formica is due to atrophy , perhaps through disuse . On the other hand , it is certainly , at first sight ...
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... whole most convenient to eject the poison ( as they do ) into the wounds thus created . Secondly , if the poison itself is so intensified in virulence as to act through the skin , a piercing instrument would be of comparatively small ...
... whole most convenient to eject the poison ( as they do ) into the wounds thus created . Secondly , if the poison itself is so intensified in virulence as to act through the skin , a piercing instrument would be of comparatively small ...
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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.