Anecdotes of Remarkable Insects: Selected from Natural History, and Interspersed with PoetryBaldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1817 - 224 sider |
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... weather is clear , and the sun very hot . I observed , that those little ani- mals having one day brought out their corn at eleven o'clock in the forenoon , removed it , contrary to their usual custom , before one in the afternoon : the ...
... weather is clear , and the sun very hot . I observed , that those little ani- mals having one day brought out their corn at eleven o'clock in the forenoon , removed it , contrary to their usual custom , before one in the afternoon : the ...
Side 66
... resists the vicissitudes of the weather . This glue is not , like the wax , procured by an animal process . The Bees collect it from different trees , as the poplars , the birches , and the willows . It is a 66 BEES .
... resists the vicissitudes of the weather . This glue is not , like the wax , procured by an animal process . The Bees collect it from different trees , as the poplars , the birches , and the willows . It is a 66 BEES .
Side 68
... weather from going abroad in quest of provisions ; they are , therefore , under the necessity of collecting and amassing in cells destined for that purpose large quan- tities of honey . This they extract , by means of their trunk , from ...
... weather from going abroad in quest of provisions ; they are , therefore , under the necessity of collecting and amassing in cells destined for that purpose large quan- tities of honey . This they extract , by means of their trunk , from ...
Side 70
... weather , the Bees feed on the honey laid up in open cells ; but they never touch their reservoirs while their com panions are enabled to supply them with fresh honey from the fields . But the mouths of those cells which are destined ...
... weather , the Bees feed on the honey laid up in open cells ; but they never touch their reservoirs while their com panions are enabled to supply them with fresh honey from the fields . But the mouths of those cells which are destined ...
Side 114
... weather changes . The main body of the army is composed of females , which never leave the mountains till the rain is set in for some time . The night is their chief time of proceeding ; but if it rains by day , they do not fail to ...
... weather changes . The main body of the army is composed of females , which never leave the mountains till the rain is set in for some time . The night is their chief time of proceeding ; but if it rains by day , they do not fail to ...
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Side 9 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Side 90 - Obedience : for so work the honey bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The art of order to a peopled kingdom : They have a king, and officers of sorts ; Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad...
Side 90 - Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their ( emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone.
Side 10 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs, Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Side 46 - THESE Emmets, how little they are in our eyes ! We tread them to dust, and a troop of them dies, Without our regard or concern : Yet, as wise as we are, if we went to their school, There 's many a sluggard and many a fool Some lessons of wisdom might learn.
Side 172 - THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together. Within that house secure he hides, When danger imminent betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather. Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self-collecting power is such, He shrinks into his house with much Displeasure. Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chatties none, Well satisfied to be his own Whole treasure.
Side 192 - While o'er th' enfeebling lute his hand he flung, And to the trembling chords these tempting verses sung : " Behold ! ye pilgrims of this earth, behold ! See all but man with unearn'd pleasure gay : See her bright robes the butterfly unfold, Broke from her wintry tomb in prime of May ! What youthful bride can equal her array ? Who can with her for easy pleasure vie...
Side 108 - LITTLE inmate, full of mirth, Chirping on my kitchen hearth, Wheresoe'er be thine abode, Always harbinger of good, Pay me for thy warm retreat With a song more soft and sweet ; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give.
Side 109 - Inoffensive, welcome guest ! While the rat is on the scout, And the mouse with curious snout, With what vermin else infest Every dish, and spoil the best ; Frisking thus before the fire, Thou hast all thine heart's desire.