 Near villages and small towns I have found the nests of humble-bees more numerous than elsewhere, which I attribute to the number of cats that destroy the mice." Hence it is quite credible that the presence of a feline animal in large numbers in a district...  The naturalist in Sussex and on the spey - Page 53by Samuel Wilberforce - 1874Full view - About this book
 | University of Colorado. University Extension Division - Natural history - 1913 - 52 pages
...largely upon the number of cats (he might better have said hawks and owls), because the cats destroy many mice. Hence It is quite credible that the presence...determine, through the intervention first of mice and then oi hees, the frequency of certain flowers in that district. Fisher (1) tells of a marsh in New York... | |
 | Ira Woods Howerth - Education - 1926 - 440 pages
...knows on the number of cats; . . . hence it is quite credible that the presence of a feline animal in a district might determine, through the intervention...of bees, the frequency of certain flowers in that district!"1 Thus we see that an increase or a decrease of any species of animal or plant will inevitably... | |
 | Victor Niederhoffer - Business & Economics - 1998 - 484 pages
...eaten by cattle. The English nation must have its roast beef made of cattle. He concludes the chain: Hence it is quite credible that the presence of a...animal in large numbers in a district might determine, tbrough the intervention first of mice and then of hees, the frequency of certain flowers in that districti... | |
 | Education - 1917 - 560 pages
...their nests; now the number of mice is largely dependent as everyone knows on the number of cats ; hence it is quite credible that the presence of a feline animal in a district might determine, thru the intervention first of mice and then of bees, the frequency of... | |
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