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The flight activities and colony-founding behavior of bog ants in Southeastern Michigan

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Kannowski, P.B. The flight activities and colony-founding behavior of bog ants in Southeastern Michigan. Ins. Soc 6, 115–162 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02225947

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