 ... immediately," according to Mr. FW Putnam,* "collects a small amount of pollen mixed with honey, and in this deposits from seven to fourteen eggs, gradually adding to the pollen mass until the first brood is hatched. She does not wait, however, for...  The American Naturalist - Page 3621868Full view - About this book
 | Natural history - 1864 - 794 pages
...search of a new one, which she soon finds in some such place as previously described. She immediately collects a small amount of pollen mixed with honey,...collected, she lays the eggs for a second. The eggs are laid, in contact with each other, in one cavity of the mass of pollen, with a part of which they... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - Beneficial insects - 1870 - 756 pages
...abandoned nest of a field-mouse, or beneath a stump or sod, and "immediately," according to Mr. FW Putuam, "collects a small amount of pollen mixed with honey,...from seven to fourteen eggs, gradually adding to the pollen^mass until the first brood is hatched. She does not wait, however, for one brood to be hatched... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - Beneficial insects - 1872 - 820 pages
...abandoned nest of a field-mouse, or beneath a stump or sod, and "immediately," according to Mr. FW Putnam, "collects a small amount of pollen mixed with honey,...adding to the pollen mass until the first brood is hatehed. She does not wait, however, for one brood to be hatehed before laying the eggs of another... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - Entomology, Popular - 1873 - 254 pages
...abandoned nest of a field-mouse, or beneath a stump or sod, and "immediately," according to Mr. FW Putnam,* "collects a small amount of pollen mixed with honey,...collected, she lays the eggs for a second. The eggs are laid, in contact with each other, in one cavity of the mass of pollen, with a part of which they... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - Insects - 1873 - 256 pages
...nest of a field-mouse, or beneath a stump or sod, and " immediately," according to Mr. FW Putnam,* " collects a small amount of pollen mixed with honey,...has been collected, she lays the eggs for a second. Tne eggs are laid, In contact with each other, in one cavity of the mass of pollen, with a part of... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - Beneficial insects - 1876 - 772 pages
...nest of a field-mouse, or beneath a stump or sod, and "immediately," according to Mr. FW Putnam. " collects a small amount of pollen mixed with honey,...wait, however, for one brood to be hatched before laving the eggs of another ; but, as soon as food enough has been collected, she lays the eggs for... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - Animal-plant relationships - 1877 - 412 pages
...mouse's-nest or stump, collects a small mass of pollen mixed with honey, and in this deposits fio. 258. from seven to fourteen eggs, gradually adding to the pollen mass until the first brood is hatched. Now it seems that as soon as the grubs begin to eat they make cavities in the mass, and when fully... | |
 | Entomology - 1878 - 628 pages
...torpid state, roams about until she finds a suitable place for a nest. On deciding, she immediarely collects a small amount of pollen mixed with honey,...the pollen mass until the first brood is hatched. As regards the Bees which I have examined, some were taken at Quebec by me some years ago, and one... | |
 | Entomology - 1879 - 530 pages
...torpid state, roams about until she finds a suitable place for a nest. On deciding, she immediarely -collects a small amount of pollen mixed with honey,...the pollen mass until the first brood is hatched. As regards the Bees which I have examined, some were taken at Quebec by me some years ago, and one... | |
 | Henry Christopher McCook - Insects - 1884 - 490 pages
...either before or after, to secure entrance and exit to and from the cave which she digs. Immediately she collects a small amount of pollen mixed with honey,...until the first brood is hatched. "She does not wait for one brood to be hatched before laying the eggs for a second. The eggs are laid in contact with... | |
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