Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraK. Paul, Trench, & Company, 1882 - 448 pagini |
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... bridges , embankments , and moats - Earthworks - Ingenuity in building nests- Difficulty in finding their way - Experiments with movable objects - Sense of direction -- Experiments with rotating disks - Experiments with rotating table ...
... bridges , embankments , and moats - Earthworks - Ingenuity in building nests- Difficulty in finding their way - Experiments with movable objects - Sense of direction -- Experiments with rotating disks - Experiments with rotating table ...
Pagina 25
... Bridge . I confess , however , that I have my doubts as to this case , for I do not understand how the continuity of the tunnel was ascertained . The food of ants consists of insects , great numbers of which they destroy ; of honey ...
... Bridge . I confess , however , that I have my doubts as to this case , for I do not understand how the continuity of the tunnel was ascertained . The food of ants consists of insects , great numbers of which they destroy ; of honey ...
Pagina 98
... bridge , up which she immediately went , dropped her victim on the far side , and returned home . Could this have been a case in which an aged or invalid ant was being expelled from the nest ? I have often had ants in my nests to which ...
... bridge , up which she immediately went , dropped her victim on the far side , and returned home . Could this have been a case in which an aged or invalid ant was being expelled from the nest ? I have often had ants in my nests to which ...
Pagina 164
... bridge K and down the strip H. Now it is obvious that by always causing the marked ant ( A ) to cross the bridge K on a particular piece of paper , and if at other times the papers K and L were reversed , I should be able to ascertain ...
... bridge K and down the strip H. Now it is obvious that by always causing the marked ant ( A ) to cross the bridge K on a particular piece of paper , and if at other times the papers K and L were reversed , I should be able to ascertain ...
Pagina 165
... bridge K by whichever strip of paper it was constituted . On the other hand , if they found the larvæ by tracking , then as the piece of paper by which A passed was transferred to L , it would mislead them and carry them away from the ...
... bridge K by whichever strip of paper it was constituted . On the other hand , if they found the larvæ by tracking , then as the piece of paper by which A passed was transferred to L , it would mislead them and carry them away from the ...
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