Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... young to maturity . Forel even thought himself justified in concluding , from his ob- servations and from those of Ebrard , that such a fact could not occur . Lepeletier de St. Fargeau 2 was of opinion that ants ' nests originate in the ...
... young to maturity . Forel even thought himself justified in concluding , from his ob- servations and from those of Ebrard , that such a fact could not occur . Lepeletier de St. Fargeau 2 was of opinion that ants ' nests originate in the ...
Page 33
... young worker carrying the larvæ about when I looked into the nest ; a second worker was coming out . On July 28 a third worker emerged , and a fourth on Aug 5. The eggs appeared to be less numerous , and some had probably been devoured ...
... young worker carrying the larvæ about when I looked into the nest ; a second worker was coming out . On July 28 a third worker emerged , and a fourth on Aug 5. The eggs appeared to be less numerous , and some had probably been devoured ...
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... young . habitually lay eggs , and explains the difference which on this view exists between the workers of ants and those of bees , on the ground hat ( as he supposes ) the majority of ants die in the autumn , so that the eggs laid by ...
... young . habitually lay eggs , and explains the difference which on this view exists between the workers of ants and those of bees , on the ground hat ( as he supposes ) the majority of ants die in the autumn , so that the eggs laid by ...
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... young ; and these were , as far as I could ascertain , all males . At any rate there were about 100 males , and I could not find a single young female . In 1877 there were again some pupæ ; but owing to an accident none of them came to ...
... young ; and these were , as far as I could ascertain , all males . At any rate there were about 100 males , and I could not find a single young female . In 1877 there were again some pupæ ; but owing to an accident none of them came to ...
Page 38
... young in 1877. In 1878 three larvæ came to maturity ; and they all proved to be males . Another nest of F. fusca , captured in 1877 , in 1878 brought only one young one to maturity . This was a male . In the following year , I again ...
... young in 1877. In 1878 three larvæ came to maturity ; and they all proved to be males . Another nest of F. fusca , captured in 1877 , in 1878 brought only one young one to maturity . This was a male . In the following year , I again ...
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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.