 | Louis Agassiz - Zoology - 1852 - 278 pages
...turned into an outward activity, which makes them instinctively watch over the new generation, nurse an^ take care of it. It is no longer the body of the nurse,...long as we consider them complete animals, receives i very natural explanation so soon as we look upon them merely as nurses. ally formed, the four corners... | |
 | Louis Agassiz, Augustus Addison Gould - Physiology, Comparative - 1859 - 276 pages
...it. It is no longer the body of the nurse, but its own instincts, which become the instrument oi th« development. This seems to receive confirmation from...bringing forth young is confided to other individuals, Vo the .jueen among the bees, and to the female of the last generation among the plant-lice. Thus the... | |
 | Louis Agassiz, Augustus Addison Gould - Physiology, Comparative - 1860 - 278 pages
...the observat ons of Sars, a Norwegian naturalist, the Medusa brings forth living young, which, lifter having burst the covering of the egg, swim about freely...bringing forth young is confided to other individuals, <o the queen among the bees, and to the female of the last generation among the plant-lice. Thus the... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Authors, American - 1906 - 534 pages
...for. It is said that "the working bees . . . are barren females. The attributes of their sex . . . seem to consist only in their solicitude for the welfare...they are the natural guardians, but not the parents." (Agassiz and Gould.1) This phenomenon is paralleled in man by maiden aunts and bachelor uncles, who... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Authors, American - 1906 - 528 pages
...for. It is said that "the working bees . . . are barren females. The attributes of their sex . . . seem to consist only in their solicitude for the welfare...they are the natural guardians, but not the parents." (Agassiz and Gould.1) This phenomenon is paralleled in man by maiden aunts and bachelor uncles, who... | |
 | Louis Agassiz, Augustus Addison Gould - Physiology, Comparative - 1855 - 274 pages
...nurses.* 345. The development of the Medusae is not less instructive. According to the observatjons of Sars, a Norwegian naturalist, the Medusa brings...forth young is confided to other individuals, to the jueen among the bees, and to the female of the last generation among the plant-lice. Thus the barrenness... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Literary Collections - 1993 - 372 pages
...him for. It is said that "the working bees — are barren females. The attributes of their sex — seem to consist only in their solicitude for the welfare...they are the natural guardians, but not the parents." Agassiz & Gould. This phenomenon is paralleled in man by maiden aunts & bachelor uncles who perform... | |
 | Bob Pepperman Taylor - National characteristics, American, in literature - 1996 - 200 pages
...and Gould, who write, "the working bees . . . are barren females. The attributes of their sex . . . seem to consist only in their solicitude for the welfare...they are the natural guardians, but not the parents." Thoreau then comments, "This phenomenon is paralleled in man by maiden aunts and bachelor uncles, who... | |
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Now, a similar end is accomplished by the working ants and bees, only, instead of being performed as an organic function, it is turned into an outward activity, which makes them instinctively watch over the new generation, nurse and take care of it. It... 