Ants. Bees, and WaspsKegan Paul, Trench & Company, 1882 - Ants |
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... YOUNG , PH.D. , LL.D. With numerous Illustrations . 55 . LONDON : KEGAN PAUL , TRENCH , & Co. , 1 , Paternoster Square . THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES VOL . XL . ANTS , 4 The International Scientific Series - continued .
... YOUNG , PH.D. , LL.D. With numerous Illustrations . 55 . LONDON : KEGAN PAUL , TRENCH , & Co. , 1 , Paternoster Square . THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES VOL . XL . ANTS , 4 The International Scientific Series - continued .
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... young bred in the other half - Pupa 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 - Pupa 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 . 5.
... 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 . 5.
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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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