Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... young bred in the other half - Pupæ tended by ants from a different nest treated as friends in the nest from which they were taken , and as strangers if put into the nest of their nurses - Recognition neither per- sonal nor by means of ...
... young bred in the other half - Pupæ tended by ants from a different nest treated as friends in the nest from which they were taken , and as strangers if put into the nest of their nurses - Recognition neither per- sonal nor by means of ...
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... all the education of the young , for instance , is carried on in the dark . Again , ants are essentially gregarious ; it is in some cases difficult to keep a few alive by themselves in captivity , and DIFFERENCES IN HABITS .
... all the education of the young , for instance , is carried on in the dark . Again , ants are essentially gregarious ; it is in some cases difficult to keep a few alive by themselves in captivity , and DIFFERENCES IN HABITS .
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... young ants devote themselves at first to the care of the larvæ and pupæ , and that they take no share in the defence of the nest or other out - of - door work until they are some days old . This seems natural , because at first their ...
... young ants devote themselves at first to the care of the larvæ and pupæ , and that they take no share in the defence of the nest or other out - of - door work until they are some days old . This seems natural , because at first their ...
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... young , are a favourite food of many animals . They are attacked also by numerous para- sites . If a nest of the brown ants is disturbed at any time during the summer , some small flies may probably be seen hovering over the nest , and ...
... young , are a favourite food of many animals . They are attacked also by numerous para- sites . If a nest of the brown ants is disturbed at any time during the summer , some small flies may probably be seen hovering over the nest , and ...
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... young queen may either— 1. Join her own or some other old nest ; 2. Associate herself with a certain number of workers , and with their assistance commence a new nest ; or 3. Found a new nest by herself . The question can of course only ...
... young queen may either— 1. Join her own or some other old nest ; 2. Associate herself with a certain number of workers , and with their assistance commence a new nest ; or 3. Found a new nest by herself . The question can of course only ...
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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.