 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 596
...; and it is said also to attack the nests of the wild-bee, plundering the store of honey, and also devouring the larvae, without dread of the stings of the enraged insects, which cannot penetrate its tough skin. Its favourite haunts are obscure and gloomy ; it retires to the deepest recesses... | |
 | 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 440
...pheasants, &c. It is said to attack the nests of the wild-bee, plundering the store of honey, and also devouring the larvae, without dread of the stings of the enraged insects, which cannot penetrate its thick tough skin. The badger measures about two feet three inches in the length of the... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 606
...mammals; and it is said also to attack the nests of the wild-bee, plundering the store of honey, and also devouring the larvae, without dread of the stings of the enraged insects, which cannot penetrate its tough skin. Its favourite haunts are obscure and gloomy; it retires to the deepest recesses... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 702
...darkness invites it to wander abroad in quest of food. It is said to attack the nests of wild bees, plundering the store of honey, and devouring the larvae,...of the stings of the enraged insects, which cannot penetrate its thick rough hide. Quiet and inolVenMve in its habits, the badger is at the same time... | |
| |
OTTER. consists of roots, earth-nuts, fruits, and eggs, as well as of small mammals ; and it is said also to attack the nests of the wild-bee, plundering the store of honey, and also devouring the larvae, without dread of the stings of the enraged insects,... 