 Wasmann). reciprocal is the friendship, that if an ant is in want of food the beetle will in its turn disgorge for the benefit of its host. The young of the beetles are reared in the nests by the ants, who attend to them as carefully as they do to their...  The Cambridge Natural History - Page 226edited by - 1899Full view - About this book
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...burrows are of great extent , usually from twenty to thirtyfive feet in length, and Mr. Bennett, — to whom we are indebted for most of our knowledge of this interesting creature, — mentions his having seen one no less than fifty feet long ; they rise from... | |
 | Epidemiological Society of London - 1895 - 154 pages
...phenomenon is based one of the most seductive theories of immunity. It is to Metchnikoff and his school to whom we are indebted for most of our knowledge of this interesting subject. He has studied the process throughout the animal kingdom, and has shown how widely... | |
 | Conwy Lloyd Morgan - 1900 - 396 pages
...the ants, who attend to them as carefully as they do to their own young. The beetles are, however, fond of the ants' larvae as food, and, indeed, eat...their own young are receiving food from the ants. Wasmann (to whom we are indebted for most of our knowledge on this subject) seems to be of opinion... | |
 | Conwy Lloyd Morgan - 1900 - 448 pages
...the ants, who attend to them as carefully as they do to their own young. The beetles are, however, fond of the ants' larvae as food, and, indeed, eat...their own young are receiving food from the ants. Wasmunn (to whom we are indebted for most of our knowledge on this subject) seems to be of opinion... | |
 | Conwy Lloyd Morgan - 1900 - 370 pages
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 | Conwy Lloyd Morgan - 1908 - 364 pages
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...where corn is most extensively grown and is often planted year after year on the same land. Dr. Forbes, to whom we are indebted for most of our knowledge of this pest,* has observed fields of corn in Illinois planted in corn for the second season totally ruined... | |
 | 1884 - 1106 pages
...nice adaptation between the nocturnal habits of the parasite and those of the mosquito. Dr. Manson, to whom we are indebted for most of our knowledge of this filaría, estimates that it is to be found in about 10 per cent, of the inhabitants of Amoy, С bina,... | |
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