 | William Smellie - Animal behavior - 1790 - 576 pages
...colony, it is not above an inch, or thereabout, in length ; * but in time will be increafed to fix or eight inches, or more, in the * clear, being always in proportion to the fize of the queen, who, ' increafing in bulk as in age, at length requires a chamber of fuch ' dime... | |
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 624 pages
...is not above an inch in length ; but in time it becomes increased to six or eight inches, or more, being always in proportion to the size of the queen,...length requires a chamber of such dimensions. The entrances into the royal chamber not admit* ting any animal larger than the labourers or soldiers,... | |
 | George Barrington - Canary Islands - 1810 - 512 pages
...is not above an inch in length ; but in time it becomes increased to six or eight inches, or more, being always in proportion to the size of the queen,...length requires a chamber of Such dimensions. The entrances into the royal chamber not admitting any animal larger than the labourer* o? soldiers, it... | |
 | Mrs. Hughs (Mary) - Boys - 1827 - 196 pages
...to represent a long oven. In the infant state of the colony, it is not above an inch, or thereabout, in length, but in time will be increased to six or...eight inches, or more, in the clear : being always proportioned to the size of the queen, who, increasing in bulk as in age, at length requires a chamber... | |
 | James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1830 - 442 pages
...may be supposed to represent a long oven. In the infant state of the colony, it is but about an inch in length ; but in time will be increased to six or...age, at length requires a chamber of such dimensions. <lnccu distended with ct/gs. Its floor is perfectly horizontal, and, in large hillocks, sometimes more... | |
 | James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1830 - 440 pages
...may be supposed to represent a long oven. In the infant state of the colony, it is but about an inch in length ; but in time will be increased to six or eight mches, or more, in the clear, being always in proportion to the size of the queen, who, increasing... | |
 | William Smellie - Anamals - 1832 - 348 pages
...people, of the most consequence, and is always situated as near the centre of the interior building as possible, and generally about the height of the common...figures, and dimensions ; but all of them are arched either in a circular or an elliptical form. These chambers either open into each other, .or have communicating... | |
 | Edward Newman - Entomology - 1841 - 320 pages
...inch or thereabout in length ; but in time will be increased to six or eight inches, or even more, being always in proportion to the size of the queen,...length requires a chamber of such dimensions. The floor of this singular part is perfectly horizontal; and in large hillocks, sometimes an inch thick... | |
 | Edward Newman - Entomology - 1841 - 316 pages
...to represent a long oven. In the infant state of the colony, it is not above an inch or thereabout in length; but in time will be increased to six or eight inches, or even more, being always in proportion to the size of the queen, who, increasing in bulk as in age,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Tracts - 1846 - 282 pages
...is not above an inch in length ; but in time it becomes increased to six or eight inches, or more, being always in proportion to the size of the queen,...age, at length requires a chamber of such dimensions. As the entrances into this royal chamber admit no animals larger than the labourers or soldiers, of... | |
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... possible, and generally about the height of the common surface of the ground. It is always nearly in the shape of half an egg, or an obtuse oval, within, and may be supposed to represent a long oven. In the infant state of the colony, it is not above... 
