 | 1881 - 904 lehte
...down to the bottom, where another relay of laborers picked them up and carried them to the new barrow. It was amusing to watch the ants hurrying out with...the slope, and rushing back immediately for more. Ants of this genus are very clever at making tunnels. The Rev. H. Clark says that iu one case they... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1882 - 550 lehte
...the following quotation from Belt : — Between the old burrows and the new one was a steep slope. Instead of descending this with their burdens, they...the slope, and rushing back immediately for more. The same thing has been observed, as already stated, of the leaf-cutting ants— those engaged in cutting... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1882 - 526 lehte
...120. 2 Naturalist in, Nicaragua, 0. Belt, p. 76. them down on the top of the slope, whence they rolled to the bottom, where another relay of labourers picked...the slope, and rushing back immediately for more.' With reference to these interesting statements, I tried the following experiment : — October 15 (see... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1884 - 552 lehte
...old burrows and the new one was a steep slope. Instead of descending this with their burdens, the}' cast them down on the top of the slope, whence they...the slope, and rushing back immediately for more. The same thing has been observed, as already stated, of the leaf-cutting ants — those engaged in... | |
 | William Tufts Brigham - 1887 - 576 lehte
...down on the top of the slope, whence they rolled down to the bottom, where another relay of laborers picked them up and carried them to the new burrow....burrows and the new one entirely deserted, and I thought the}' had died off; but subsequent events convinced me that the survivors had only moved away to a... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1888 - 606 lehte
...of the slope, whence they rolled down to the bottom, where another relay of labourers picked thorn up and carried them to the new burrow. It was amusing...them over the slope, and rushing back immediately for moro. The same thing has been observed, as already stated, of the leaf-cutting ants — those engaged... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1913 - 548 lehte
...where another relay of labourers picked them up and carried them to the new burrow. It was arousing to watch the ants hurrying out with bundles of food, dropping them over the slope, ana rushing back immediately for more.' With reference to these interesting statements, I tried the... | |
 | William Emerson Ritter, Edna Watson Bailey - 1927 - 358 lehte
...down on the top of the slope, whence they rolled down to the bottom, where another relay of laborers picked them up and carried them to the new burrow....more. They also brought out great numbers of dead ants which the fumes of carbolic acid had killed." Even this much of the operation justified, I should say,... | |
 | 1881 - 972 lehte
...perhaps even a stronger light. He says : — Between the old burrows and the new one was a steep slope. Instead of descending this with their burdens, they...the slope, and rushing back immediately for more. Ants of this genus are very clever at making tunnels. The Rev. H. Clark says that in one case they... | |
 | 1881 - 972 lehte
...perhaps even a stronger light. He says : — Between the old burrows and the new one was a steep slope. Instead of descending this with their burdens, they...bundles of food, dropping them over the slope, and rnshinsr back immediately for more. Ants of this genus are very clever at making tunnels. The Rev.... | |
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Between the old burrows and the new one was a steep slope. Instead of descending this with their burdens, they cast them down on the top of the slope, whence they rolled down to the bottom, where another relay of labourers picked them up and carried them... 
