 | George St. Clair - Evolution - 1873 - 296 pages
...combs and nests, so much so that Mr H. Newman, who has long attended to the habits of humble bees, believes that more than two-thirds of them are thus destroyed all over England. The number of mice, again, is largely dependent, as every one knows, on the number of cats ; and Mr... | |
 | Oscar Schmidt - Evolution - 1875 - 356 pages
...depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests ; and Colonel Newman, who has long attended to the habits of humble-bees,...dependent, as every one knows, on the number of cats ; and Col. Newman says, ' Near villages and small towns I have found the nests of humble-bees more numerous... | |
 | Dr. Schmidt (Eduard Oskar), Oscar Schmidt - Adaptation (Biology) - 1875 - 362 pages
...depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests; and Colonel Newman, who has long attended to the habits of humble-bees,...dependent, as every one knows, on the number of cats; and Col. Newman says, .' Near villages and small towns I have found the nests of humble-bees more numerous... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - Science - 1875 - 486 pages
...district depends in a great degree on the number of fieldmice, which destroy their combs and nests ; . . . the number of mice is largely dependent, as every one knows, on the number of cats Hence, it is quite credible that the presence of a feline animal in large numbers in a district might... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 364 pages
...destroy their combs and nests. More than two thirds of them are thus destroyed all over England. 5. Now the number of mice is largely dependent, as every one knows, on the number of cats ; and near villages and small towns the nests of humble-bees are more numerous than elsewhere, which I attribute... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 346 pages
...destroy their combs and nests. More than two thirds of them are thus destroyed all over England. 5. Now the number of mice is largely dependent, as every one knows, on the number of cats ; and near villages and small towns the nests of humble-bees are more numerous than elsewhere, which I attribute... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1882 - 492 pages
...depends in a great measure on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests ; and CoL Newman, who has long attended to the habits of humble-bees,...of them are thus destroyed all over England." Now tho number of mice is largely dependent, as every one knows, on the number of cats ; and Col. Newman... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1882 - 494 pages
...depends in a great measure on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests ; and OoL Newman, who has long attended to the habits of humble-bees,..." more than two-thirds of them are thus destroyed a!) over England." Now the number of mice is largely dependent, as every one knows, on the number of... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1883 - 880 pages
...depends in a great measure on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests; and Col. Newman, who has long attended to the habits of humblebees,...two-thirds of them are thus destroyed all over England.'" E. NUOKST. Poltelown, TVim., Sept. 15, 1883. The influence of winds upon tree-growth. I observe that... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1883 - 874 pages
...destroy iheir combs and nests; and Col. Newman, who has long attended to the habits of bumblebees, believes that 'more than two-thirds of them are thus destroyed all over England.'" E. NUGKNT. I'oltstown, Penn., Sept. 15, 1883. The influence of -winds upon tree-growth. I observe that... | |
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Newman, who has long attended to the habits of humble-bees, believes that " more than two-thirds of them are thus destroyed all over England. 
