 After having moistened the whole of the riband, the tongue pushes it so as to make it re-enter the mandibles, but in an opposite direction, where it is worked up anew. The liquor mixed with the wax communicates to it a whiteness and opacity which it had...  Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York - Page 348by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - 1852Full view - About this book
 | William Kirby, William Spence - Entomology - 1818 - 568 pages
...times it resembles a pencil terminating in a point. After having moistened the whole of the ribband, the tongue pushes it so as to make it re-enter the...whiteness and opacity which it had not before ; and the object of this mixture of bowllie, which did not escape the observation of Reaumur*, is doubtless... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - Entomology - 1822 - 618 pages
...times it resembles a pencil terminating in a point. After having moistened the whole of the ribband, the tongue pushes it so as to make it re-enter the...whiteness and opacity which it had not before ; and the object of this mixture of brlt<i/tir, which did not escape the observation of Kcau' Vide Man. Aft.... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - Entomology - 1846 - 642 pages
...times it resembles a pencil terminating in a point. After having moistened the whole of the ribband, the tongue pushes it so as to make it re-enter the...whiteness and opacity which it had not before ; and the object of this mixture of bouillie, which did not escape the observation of Reaumur9, is doubtless... | |
 | C. T - 1847 - 316 pages
...as "* to make it re-enter the mandibles, but in an opposite direction, THE PROBOSCIS. t »j. • 11 where it is worked up anew. The liquor mixed with the wax gives it a whiteness and an opacity which it had not before, the object being to impart to it that... | |
 | American Institute of the City of New York - Agriculture - 1852 - 690 pages
...so as to make it re-enter the mandibles, but in an opposite direction, where it is worked up auew. The liquor, mixed with the wax, communicates to it...flower. In the meadows they are chiefly seen upon the orchidesc, polygonia, caryophylacea, but seldom, if ever, upon the ranunculaces, perhaps on account... | |
 | WILLIAM KIRBY, M.A. F.R.S. F.L.S. - 1858 - 676 pages
...They are then presented to the tongue, which impregnates them with a frothy liquor like a bouillie. During this operation the tongue assumes all sorts...whiteness and opacity which it had not before ; and the object of this mixture of bouillie, which did not escape the observation of Reaumur2, is doubtless... | |
 | Bee culture - 1876 - 624 pages
...sorts of forms: sometimes it is flattened like a spatula, then like a trowel, which applies itselt to the riband of wax; at other times it resembles...whiteness and opacity which it had not before: and the object of this mixture of bouilli, which did not escape the observation of Reaumur, is, doubtless,... | |
 | Bee culture - 1867 - 378 pages
...times it resembles a pencil terminating in a point. After having moistened the whole of the ribband, the tongue pushes it so as to make it re-enter the...whiteness and opacity which it had not before; and the object of this mixture of bouillic, which did not escape the observation of Reaumur, is doubtless... | |
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