Ants, bees, wasps : A record of observations on the habits of the social hymenoptera / John Lubbock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lubbock, John, author.

Series:

International scientific series (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ants--Behavior.

Ants.

Ants--Juvenile literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 448 pages).

Other Title:

Ants, bees, wasps

Place of Publication:

New York : D. Appleton and Co., 1900.

Summary:

"This volume contains the record of various experiments made with ants, bees, and wasps during the past ten years. Other occupations and many interruptions, political and professional, have prevented me from making them so full and complete as I had hoped. My parliamentary duties, in particular, have absorbed most of my time just at the season of year when these insects can be most profitably studied. I have, therefore, whenever it seemed necessary, carefully recorded the month during which the observations were made; for the instincts and behavior of ants, bees, and wasps are by no means the same throughout the year. My object has been not so much to describe the usual habits of these insects as to test their mental condition and powers of sense." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

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