 | Edward Bevan - Bee culture - 1827 - 444 pages
...together, and rendered incapable of stirring. " When the ants are at hand, watching the moment at which the aphides emit their fluid, they seize and suck...: this however is the least of their talents ; for the ants absolutely possess the art of making the aphides yield it at their pleasure ; or in other... | |
 | 1827 - 624 pages
...the ants are at hand, watching the moment at which the aphides emit their fluid, they seize and Buck it down immediately : this however is the least of their talents ; for the ants absolutely possess the art of making the aphides yield it at their pleasure ; or in other... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English periodicals - 1834 - 680 pages
...together and rendered incapable of stirring. " When the ants are at hand, watching the moment at which the aphides emit their fluid, they seize and suck...this, however, is the least of their talents ; for the ants absolutely possess the art of making the aphides yield it at their pleasure ; or in other... | |
 | Edward Bevan - Bee culture - 1843 - 140 pages
...together, and rendered incapable of stirring. " When the ants are at hand, watching the moment at which the aphides emit their fluid, they seize and suck...talents; for they absolutely possess the art of making the aphides yield it at their pleasure; or in other words of milking them." The ant ascends the tree,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...is lo obtain the saccharine fluid — which may well be denominated their milk — that they secrete This, however, is the least of their talents, for...it at their pleasure; or, in other words of milking ihein. On this occasion iheir antenna? are their fingers; with these they pat the abdomen of the aphis,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 604 pages
...to obt.iin the saccharine fluid — which may well be denominated their milk — that they secrete This, however, is the least of their talents, for they absolutely possess the art of making ihem yield it at their pleasure; or, in other words, of milking them. On this occasion their antenna;... | |
 | 1856 - 852 pages
...their fluid, they seize and suck it down immediately. This, however, is the least of their tabnts, for they absolutely possess the art of making them yield it at pleasure ; or, in other words, of milking them. On this occasion their antennae are their fingers;... | |
 | K. P. Kidder - Bee culture - 1859 - 178 pages
...stirrng. When the ants are at hand, watching the nao'nent at which the aphides emit their fluid, they suck it down immediately ; this, however, is the least...talents ; for they absolutely possess the art of making the aphides yield it at their pleasure, or, in other words, milking them, at their pleasure. The ant... | |
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... cleanliness in each individual fly, and indeed for the preservation of the whole family ; for pressing as they do upon one another, they would otherwise soon be glued together, and rendered incapable of stirring. " When the ants are at hand, watching... 