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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Pagina 38
... course must necessarily have been laid by workers . The first of these , the nest of Lasius niger , which I have watched since July 1875 , and which , therefore , is interesting from the great age of the workers , about ten larvæ were ...
... course must necessarily have been laid by workers . The first of these , the nest of Lasius niger , which I have watched since July 1875 , and which , therefore , is interesting from the great age of the workers , about ten larvæ were ...
Pagina 52
... course , the access of ants is precluded by the isolation in water . Nay , even many land plants have secured to themselves the same advan- tage , the leaves forming a cup round the stem . species have such a leaf - cup at each joint ...
... course , the access of ants is precluded by the isolation in water . Nay , even many land plants have secured to themselves the same advan- tage , the leaves forming a cup round the stem . species have such a leaf - cup at each joint ...
Pagina 53
... course , that the margin is bent backwards in the way described . ' Of this mode of protection the cyclamen and snow- drop offer familiar examples . In vain do ants attempt to obtain access to such flowers , the curved surfaces baffle ...
... course , that the margin is bent backwards in the way described . ' Of this mode of protection the cyclamen and snow- drop offer familiar examples . In vain do ants attempt to obtain access to such flowers , the curved surfaces baffle ...
Pagina 55
... course con- stitutes them a more efficacious barrier . In another class of cases access to the flowers is prevented by viscid secretions . Everyone who has any acquaintance with botany knows how many species bear the specific name of ...
... course con- stitutes them a more efficacious barrier . In another class of cases access to the flowers is prevented by viscid secretions . Everyone who has any acquaintance with botany knows how many species bear the specific name of ...
Pagina 59
... course , many cases in which the action of ants is very beneficial to plants . They kill off a great number of small caterpillars and other insects . Forel found in one large nest that more than twenty- eight dead insects were brought ...
... course , many cases in which the action of ants is very beneficial to plants . They kill off a great number of small caterpillars and other insects . Forel found in one large nest that more than twenty- eight dead insects were brought ...
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