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Six programmes looking at the world of insects, using computer animation and state-of-the art technology to examine insects’ structure, society and communications systems. In six parts: 1) Hardware:...
The biology of adaptations for survival and the processes underlying natural selection. Set titles: 1. Predation. 2. Adaptive Colouration. 3. How Animals Eat. 4. Animal Societies. 5. Insect Societies.
Illustrates the principles of biology by considering the life cycles of familiar species. Series title. 1. Life of Amoeba. 2. Life of the Paramaecium. 3. Life of Hydra. 4. Life of the Honey Bee. 5. Life of...
About the life cycle and ecology of the African termite. These tiny, blind creatures construct towering hills weighing tons, ingeniously control air flow and humidity to maintain a constant temperature, grow...
Shows how tactile signals govern the begging for, or the refusal of regurgitated food among workers in a bee or wasp society. The ritual acts of begging or refusal are progressively established after...
Moths are not only among the most beautiful and varied members of the insect community, they are also the most vulnerable. They have to depend largely on fraud to escape their enemies. Looks at the many...
Looks at the underwater lives not only of trout and mayfly but also the other inhabitants of the trout stream. Trout spawn, a dipper flies underwater, a pike attacks, bullheads bark at each other in...
Examines the development of pupal cocoon recognition in the brood-nursing behaviour of ants ('Formica spp.). Shows experimental procedures that purport to demonstrate that 1) recognition is not innate but...
A number of ladybirds (coccinella) feed on green-flies and are an important auxiliary to farmers. Starting with an understanding of migratory and gregarious behaviour of certain species, such as ‘Adonia...
Following a short ecological introduction, shows vitelloproctodeal food exchanges whereby workers nourish the eggs, then adults of the colony during the larval growth phase. ‘Antenna talk’, i.e. antenna...
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