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... Bee Older Flower 3 . 4. Drosera rotundifolia . ( After Bentham ) . 5. Lychnis vespertina . 6. Geranium sylvaticum . 7. Geranium pratense ; young flower . ( After Hildebrand ) 8 . 9. Malva sylvestris . ( After Sowerby ) . 10. Malva ...
... Bee Older Flower 3 . 4. Drosera rotundifolia . ( After Bentham ) . 5. Lychnis vespertina . 6. Geranium sylvaticum . 7. Geranium pratense ; young flower . ( After Hildebrand ) 8 . 9. Malva sylvestris . ( After Sowerby ) . 10. Malva ...
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... Bee Older Flower 19. Stamens in their natural position 20. Stamens when moved by a Bee . دو 21. Wild Chervil - Charophyllum sylvestre . ( After Bentham ) . 22. Floret of Chrysanthemum parthenium , just opened . ( After Ogle ) . PAGE 1 1 ...
... Bee Older Flower 19. Stamens in their natural position 20. Stamens when moved by a Bee . دو 21. Wild Chervil - Charophyllum sylvestre . ( After Bentham ) . 22. Floret of Chrysanthemum parthenium , just opened . ( After Ogle ) . PAGE 1 1 ...
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... Bees , however , are said to be scarcely ever caught . Every one knows how important flowers are to in- sects ; every one knows that bees , butterflies , & c . , derive the main part of their nourishment from the honey or pollen of ...
... Bees , however , are said to be scarcely ever caught . Every one knows how important flowers are to in- sects ; every one knows that bees , butterflies , & c . , derive the main part of their nourishment from the honey or pollen of ...
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... bees and flowers is probably sufficient to satisfy most minds that bees are capable of distinguishing colours , but the fact had not been proved by any conclusive experiments . I therefore tried the following . If you bring a bee 10 ...
... bees and flowers is probably sufficient to satisfy most minds that bees are capable of distinguishing colours , but the fact had not been proved by any conclusive experiments . I therefore tried the following . If you bring a bee 10 ...
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... bees . Perhaps I may give the record of a morning's work of one of my wasps . She came to the honey at a few minutes after 4 in the morning , and to show how regularly she worked I will give her record from 6.30 till 12 . 1 She came at ...
... bees . Perhaps I may give the record of a morning's work of one of my wasps . She came to the honey at a few minutes after 4 in the morning , and to show how regularly she worked I will give her record from 6.30 till 12 . 1 She came at ...
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Page 46 - After remaining some days in this state, they emerge as perfect insects. In many cases, however, they would perish in the attempt, if they were not assisted ; and it is very pretty to see the older ants helping them to extricate themselves, carefully unfolding their legs and smoothing out the wings, with truly feminine tenderness and delicacy. Under ordinary circumstances an ants...
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Page 51 - In industry ants are not surpassed even by bees and wasps. They work all day, and in warm weather, if need be, even at night too. I once watched an ant from six in the morning, and she worked without intermission till a quarter to ten at night. I had put her to a saucer containing larvae, and in this time she carried off no less than a hundred and eighty-seven to the nest.