 | Caledonian bee - 1795 - 302 Seiten
...feren or eight inches in thicknefs, and then another layer of eggs j and in this manner, one ftratum upon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly...the heat of the fun ; and, perhaps, the vegetable fubftances mixed with the earth, being afted upon by the fun, may caufe a fmall degree of fermentation,... | |
 | 1795 - 292 Seiten
...eight inches in.thicknefs, and then ano.' her layer of eggs ;' and in thfs. manner, one flratum, ipon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly .lay from one to t,wo hundred eggs in a neft i t:cfe are hatched, I fuppofe, by the heat of the fun ; md, perhaps, the vegetable fubfeances mixed... | |
 | 1799 - 422 Seiten
...feven or eight inches in thicknefs, and then another layer of eggs, and in this manner, one ftratum upon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly...by the heat of the fun ; and perhaps the vegetable fubftances mixed with the earth being ailed upon by the fun, may caufe a fmall degree of fermentation,... | |
 | 1809 - 572 Seiten
...seven or eight inches in thickness, and then another layer of eggs ; and in this manner one stratum upon another nearly to the top. I believe they commonly lay from one to two hundred eggs in a nest: these are hatched, I suppose, by the heat of the sun ; and perhaps the vegetable sub. stances... | |
 | 1794 - 826 Seiten
...feven or eight inches in thicknefs, and then another layer of eggs, and in this manner one ftratum upon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly...to two hundred eggs in a neft ; thefe are hatched, 1 (uppofe, by the heat of the fun ; and perhaps the vegetable fubftance mixt with the earth, being... | |
 | Caledonian bee - 1811 - 300 Seiten
...or eight inches in thicknefs, and then another layer of eggs ; and in this manner, one .ftratum • upon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly....the heat of the fun ; and, perhaps, the vegetable fubftances mixed with the earth, being acted upon by the fun, may caufe a fmall degree of fermentation,... | |
 | 1793 - 624 Seiten
...feven or eight inches in thicknefs, and then another layer of eggs, and in this manner one Itratutn upon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly lay from one to hundred eggs in a neft : thefe ate and juft behind their fore-legs or arms, two ^ hatched, I iuppofe,... | |
 | 1822 - 494 Seiten
...seven or eight inches in thickness, and then another layer of eggs, and, in this manner, one stratum upon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly lay from one to two hundred eggs in a nest : these are hatched, I suppose, by the heat of the sun ; and, perhaps, the vegetable substances... | |
 | 1825 - 458 Seiten
...or -eight inches .in thickness, and then another layer of eggs ; and in this manner, one stratum on another, nearly to the top. I believe .they commonly lay from one to two hundred 'Cggs in a .nest : these are hatched, 1 suppose, by the heat of the sun; and, perhaps, the vegetable... | |
 | 1826 - 638 Seiten
...seven or eight inches in thickness, and then another layer of eggs, and in this manner one stratum upon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly lay from one to two hundred eggs in a nest : these are hatched, I suppose, h) the heat of the sun ; and perhaps the vegetable substances... | |
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At first they lay a floor of this kind of tempered mortar on the ground, upon which they deposit a layer of eggs, and upon this a... 
