 At the moment when the egg is laid the Sitaris larva springs upon it. Even while the poor mother is carefully fastening up her cell, her mortal enemy is beginning to devour her offspring: for the egg of the Anthophora serves not only as a raft, but as...  Nature - Page 32edited by - 1873Full view - About this book
 | Conwy Lloyd Morgan - Animal behavior - 1896 - 370 pages
...moment a bee lays an egg, the Sitaris larva springs upon it, and at length breaks its prolonged fast. " Even while the poor mother is carefully fastening...too little for both ; and the Sitaris, therefore, at its first meal, relieves itself from its only rival. After eight days the egg is consumed, and on... | |
 | Conwy Lloyd Morgan - Animal behavior - 1896 - 422 pages
...it, and at length breaks its prolonged fast. " Even while the poor mother is carefully fastening np her cell, her mortal enemy is beginning to devour...the egg of the Anthophora serves not only as a raft, bat as a repast. The honey, which is enough for either, would be too little for both ; and the Sitaris,... | |
 | Albion W. Small, Ellsworth Faris, Ernest Watson Burgess, Herbert Blumer - Electronic journals - 1906 - 904 pages
...the female bee. Then again they wait their chance. The moment the bee lays an egg, the Sitaris larva springs upon it. Even while the poor mother is carefully...too little for both ; and the Sitaris, therefore, at its first meal, relieves itself from its only rival. After eight days the egg is consumed, and on... | |
 | Sociological Society - Sociology - 1907 - 424 pages
...the female bee. Then again they wait their chance. The moment the bee lays an egg, the Sitaris larva springs upon it. Even while the poor mother is carefully...too little for both ; and the Sitaris, therefore, at its first meal, relieves itself from its only rival. After eight days the egg is consumed, and on... | |
 | Harry Dexter Kitson - Psychology, Applied - 1921 - 232 pages
...moment a bee lays an egg, the Sitaris larva springs upon it, and at length breaks its prolonged fast. 'Even while the poor mother is carefully fastening...beginning to devour her offspring; for the egg of the [bee] serves not only as a raft, but as a repast. The honey, which is enough for either, would be too... | |
 | Sir John Herbert Parsons - Instinct - 1927 - 274 pages
...moment a bee lays an egg, the Sitaris larva springs upon it, and at length breaks its prolonged fast. Even while the poor mother is carefully fastening...be too little for both; and the Sitaris, therefore, at its first meal, relieves itself from its only rival. . . .After eight days the egg is consumed,... | |
 | Literature - 1877 - 852 pages
...minute larva of the sitaris. The mystery was solved. At the moment when the egg is hud the sitaris larva springs upon it. Even while the poor mother is carefully fastening up her cell, lier mortal enemy is beginning to devour her offspring; for the egg of the anthophora serves not only... | |
 | 1877 - 936 pages
...larva of the eitaris. The mystery was solved. At the moment when the egg is laid the sitaris larva springs upon it. Even while the poor mother is carefully...too little for both ; and the sitaris, therefore, at its first meal, relieves itself from its only rival. After eight days the egg is consumed, and on... | |
 | Sir John Herbert Parsons - Instinct - 1927 - 272 pages
...moment a bee lays an egg, the Sitaris larva springs upon it, and at length breaks its prolonged fast. Even while the poor mother is carefully fastening...be too little for both; and the Sitaris, therefore, at its first meal, relieves itself from its only rival.. . .After eight days the egg is consumed, and... | |
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