Download or read book Ants Bees and Other Social Insects written by Kris Hirschmann and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the world of social insects, with an emphasis on ants and bees.
Download or read book Ants and Some Other Insects written by Auguste Forel and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ants and Some Other Insects written by Dr. August Forel and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Ants and Some Other Insects by Dr. August Forel
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Download or read book Ants and Some Other Insects written by Auguste Forel and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ants and Other Social Insects written by Cecilia Venn and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions and answers explore the world of social insects, with an emphasis on ants.
Download or read book Ants and Other Social Insects written by World Book and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does an ant nest look like? Why do honey bees dance? How can you tell the difference between a termite and an ant? Read this book to find out!
Download or read book Ants and Some Other Insects An Inquiry Into the Psychic Powers of These Animals written by Auguste Forel and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When discussing the ant-mind, we must consider that these small animals, on the one hand, differ very widely from ourselves in organisation, but on the other hand, have come, through so-called convergence, to possess in the form of a social commonwealth a peculiar relationship to us. My subject, however, requires the discussion of so many complicated questions that I am compelled to assume acquaintance with the work of others, especially the elements of psychology, and in addition the works of P. Huber, Wasmann, von Buttel-Reepen, Darwin, Romanes, Lubbock, my Fourmis de la Suisse, and many others. Since the functions of the sense-organs constitute the basis of comparative psychology, I must also refer to a series of articles entitled “Sensations des Insectes” which I have recently published (1900-1901) in the Rivista de Biologia Generale, edited by Dr. P. Celesia. In these papers I have defined my position with respect to various authors, especially Plateau and Bethe. Very recently Bethe, Uexkull, and others have denied the existence of psychic powers in invertebrate animals. They explain the latter as reflex-machines, and take their stand on the ground of the so-called psycho-physical parallelism for the purpose of demonstrating our inability to recognise mental qualities in these animals. They believe, however, that they can prove the mechanical regularity of behavior, but assume unknown forces whenever they are left in the lurch in their explanations. They regard the mind as first making its appearance in the vertebrates, whereas the old Cartesians regarded all animals, in contradistinction to man, as mindless (unconscious) machines. The Jesuit father E. Wasmann and von Buttel-Reepen are willing, on the other hand, to accept the inductive inference from analogy as a valid scientific method. Like Lubbock, the lecturer and others, they advocate a comparative psychology of the invertebrates and convincingly demonstrate the existence of psychic faculties in these animals. Wasmann, however, puts a very low estimate on the mental powers of the higher vertebrates and, in my opinion, improperly, denies to them any ability of drawing inferences from experience when in the presence of new conditions (this alone he designates as intelligence); he believes that man alone possesses an immortal soul (independent of natural laws?) in addition to the animal mind. It is necessary, first of all, to arrive at some common understanding concerning the obscure notion “psychic” in order that we may avoid logomachy, and carrying on theology in the sense of Goethe’s Mephistopheles. Two concepts are confounded in an obscure manner in the word “psychic”: first, the abstract concept of introspection, or subjectivism, i. e., observation from within, which every person knows only, and can know only, in and by himself. For this let us reserve the term “consciousness.” Second, the “activity” of the mind or that which determines the contents of the field of consciousness. This has been included without further ado with consciousness in the wider sense, and thence has arisen the confusion of regarding consciousness as an attribute of the mind. In another place I have designated the molecular wave of activity of the neural elements as “neurocyme.”
Download or read book Ants written by Richard Jones and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Brilliant, Fantastic and Significant' - Dr George McGavin Ants are seemingly everywhere, and this familiarity has led to some contemptuous and less than helpful stereotypes. In this compelling insight into the natural and cultural history of ants, Richard Jones helps to unravel some of the myths and misunderstanding surrounding their remarkable behaviours. Ant aggregations in large (often mind-bogglingly huge) nests are a complex mix of genetics, chemistry, geography and higher social interaction. Their forage trails – usually to aphid colonies but occasionally into the larder – are maintained by a wondrous alchemy of molecular scents and markers. Their social colony structure confused natural philosophers of old and still taxes the modern biologist today. Beginning the book with a straightforward look at ant morphology, Jones then explores the ant species found in the British Isles and parts of nearby mainland Europe, their foraging, nesting, navigating and battle instincts, how ants interact with the landscape, their evolution, and their place in our understanding of how life on earth works. Alongside this, he explores the complex relationship between humans and ants, and how ants went from being the subject of fables and moral storytelling to become popular research tools. Drawing on up-to-date science and featuring striking colour photographs throughout, this book presents a convincing case for why ants are worth our greater recognition and respect.
Download or read book Ants and Some Other Insects written by Dr. August Forel and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Ants and Some Other Insects by Dr. August Forel
Download or read book Ants and Some Other Insects An Inquiry Into the Psychic Powers of These Animals written by Auguste Forel and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the author Auguste Forel, the book "Ants and Some Other Insects" presents an inquiry into the psychic powers of these living creatures and contains an appendix on the peculiarities of their olfactory sense.
Download or read book The Other Insect Societies written by James T. Costa and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-30 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his exploration of insect societies that don't fit the eusocial schema, James T. Costa gives these interesting phenomena their due. He synthesizes the scattered literature about social phenomena across the arthropod phylum: beetles and bugs, caterpillars and cockroaches, mantids and membracids, sawflies and spiders.
Download or read book Bees Wasps and Ants written by Eric Grissell and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the biology, importance of, and methods of encouragement of bees, wasps, and ants found in a garden.
Download or read book A Colony of Ants written by Anna Claybourne and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how ants (and other insects) function in colonies.
Download or read book The Sting of the Wild written by Justin O. Schmidt and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With colorful descriptions of each venom’s sensation and a story that leaves you tingling with awe, The Sting of the Wild’s one-of-a-kind style will fire your imagination.
Download or read book Ants and Some Other Insects written by August Forel and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All the properties of the human mind may be derived from the properties of the animal mind. And all the mental attributes of the higher animals may be derived from those of the lower animals."- Dr. August Forel (1904)Ants and other insects have more in common with humanity than most people suspect. The psychic powers of these creatures are often surprising, and Dr. Forel describes multiple experiments revealing both the psychic and sensory abilities of ants, bees, and wasps, among others. If you have ever been curious about the tiny minds crawling between your feet and building marvelous, city-sized structures (by their standards), then Ants and Some Other Insects: An Inquiry Into The Psychic Powers of These Animals is a must read text and testament to the abilities of these tiny, amazing creatures who share our world.
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