The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... with much dexterity and skill . There are many species of wasps , some of which unite into societies , VOL . II . B and others spend their lives in perfect solitude . But VOL IL No Page 39 On the wonderful Ingenuity of Wasps.
... with much dexterity and skill . There are many species of wasps , some of which unite into societies , VOL . II . B and others spend their lives in perfect solitude . But VOL IL No Page 39 On the wonderful Ingenuity of Wasps.
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... perfect solitude . But I shall confine my attention to the operations of the common associating wasp , an insect so well known , even to children , that it requires no description . Though bees , as well as wasps , are armed with a ...
... perfect solitude . But I shall confine my attention to the operations of the common associating wasp , an insect so well known , even to children , that it requires no description . Though bees , as well as wasps , are armed with a ...
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... perfect specimens . Their nests are formed of ра- rallel , or concentric stories , each four or five lines in height ; the partitions being about half a line in thickness , and having their interior perfectly smooth . Each of these ...
... perfect specimens . Their nests are formed of ра- rallel , or concentric stories , each four or five lines in height ; the partitions being about half a line in thickness , and having their interior perfectly smooth . Each of these ...
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... perfect safety , and that their castle was impregnable . But , notwith- standing all these favourable precautions , the young of the mason - bee are often devoured by the instinc- tive dexterity of certain species of four - winged in ...
... perfect safety , and that their castle was impregnable . But , notwith- standing all these favourable precautions , the young of the mason - bee are often devoured by the instinc- tive dexterity of certain species of four - winged in ...
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... perfect animals . I shall conclude this paper with observing , that some of the ancient philosophers , and , in particular , Pythagoras and Plato , were so struck by the won- derful ingenuity displayed in the operation of bees , that ...
... perfect animals . I shall conclude this paper with observing , that some of the ancient philosophers , and , in particular , Pythagoras and Plato , were so struck by the won- derful ingenuity displayed in the operation of bees , that ...
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