11/9/2023 0 Comments Nectar definition poetry![]() This ant should be avoided as it can inflict an extremely painful sting (its sting is arrowed in the photo above). Workers are solitary hunters that search for their prey (various smaller insects) from ground level up to the canopy, and can be seen and encountered during both day- and night times for more information about Bullet Ant see here and here. Each colony contains from 700 to 1400 worker ants: i.e., members of the worker caste, all are infertile females. Ants live in large subterranean colonies with the entrances situated at the base of large trees. It is the largest ant of Central and South Americas, known from the Caribbean lowlands of such countries as Honduras and Costa Rica, southward to Peru and Brazil. One of the feared ant species is the Bullet Ant ( Paraponera clavata), a large black ant that can reach a length up to 2-3 cm (see photo). However, not all ants have acquired such a positive reputation among humans, some of them are feared: e.g., the Bulldog Ant ( Myrmecia sp.), or the African Driver Ants( Dorylus spp.), which sometimes are depicted as merciless invaders that consume all creatures in their path, especially in Hollywood horror movies for general information about myrmecophobia (=fear of ants) see here. Ant colonies in their anthills could be seen as both a microcosm of man and his world, and a positive example of communal cooperation. In the Old Testament, one can find the following wisdom: ‘ Go to the any thou sluggard consider her ways and be wise: which, having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest’. Moral lessons for mankind were frequently drawn from various aspects of their behaviour. Ants have been greatly admired for the qualities of intelligence, hard work, good organisation, and harmonious social life. For instance, Pliny the Elder believed that ants are the only living creatures besides man that bury their dead. Many species of ants (family Formicidae) hold a great fascination for the human from the ancient time. ![]() ![]() Verse - Ogden Nash I eat my peas with honey I’ve done it all my life It makes the peas taste funny But it keeps them on the knife!īelow are some poems about bees submitted by visitors to .Ĭome to my garden little bumble bees Come to my garden little bumble bees, I've grown so many flowers for you to please, I have lupins, foxgloves and delphiniums too, borage.Bullet Ant ( Paraponera clavata) from the collection of the Manchester Museum its sting is arrowed. Isn’t it funny How a bear likes honey? Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! I wonder why he does? While the bee with honied thigh, That her flowery work doth sing, And the waters murmuring And such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feather’d sleep. There’s a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield, And the ricks stand grey to the sun, Singing: - ‘Over then, come over, for the bee has quit the clover, And your English summer’s done.’ Pine away - dwine away - Anything to leave you! But if you never grieve your Bees, Your Bees'll never grieve you. Tell 'em coming in an' out, Where the Fanners fan, 'Cause the Bees are just about As curious as a man!ĭon't you wait where the trees are, When the lightnings play, Nor don't you hate where Bees are, Or else they'll pine away. Marriage, birth or buryin', News across the seas, All you're sad or merry in, You must tell the Bees. ![]() Fly away - die away - Dwindle down and leave you! But if you don't deceive your Bees, Your Bees will not deceive you. The Bee-Boy’s Song by Rudyard Kipling Bees! Bees! Hark to your bees! "Hide from your neigbours as much as you please, But all that has happened, to us you must tell, Or else we will give you no honey to sell!"Ī maiden in her glory, Upon her wedding - day, Must tell her Bees the story, Or else they'll fly away.
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