Typically, the female chooses the nest site and builds the nest.

But if more nest maintenance work is needed for example, if I put out a bunch of toothpicks then nobody will ever switch back to nest maintenance, they have to get nest maintenance workers from inside the nest.

Like sheltered eggs in a nest .

Like sheltered eggs in a nest .

At the finished nest, a pair gives displays similar to those of the group ceremonies and mates, often on top of the nest.

Some simply fight their way into the nest.

In most species the female alone constructs the nest.

One or two broods are reared, usually in the same nest.

Similar forms of nest construction are seen in some species of Polyrhachis .

They enlarge the nest, forage for food, and care for the other eggs.

They integrate this information to find the shortest route back to their nest.

At this point, or perhaps after another year, the animal left the nest.

In some regions, people state that other birds help it build its nest.

The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.

A variety of methods are employed to enter the nest of the host ant.

Adult males do not participate in nest maintenance, foraging, or caretaking of the larvae.

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

Below, like some latticed popover, is the Herzog de Meuron designed birds nest Olympic Stadium.

Nests may be protected from physical threats such as flooding and overheating by elaborate nest architecture.

The caterpillar is then taken into the ant nest where it feeds on the ant larvae.

Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

An opportunist uses the slack to feather his own nest rather than help the leader or the public.

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

But if instead I start to meet a higher number of nest maintenance workers, I'm less likely to forage.

Actually you take any object coated with fig juice and the ants will carry them back to the nest.

Black ants collect and store these and other seeds in their nest, where humans can gather them en masse .

The nest is a shallow depressions on the ground, often in cover, with a scanty lining of plant material.

Controlled experiments with colonies of Cerapachys biroi suggest that an individual may choose nest roles based on her previous experience.

If a hornet is killed near a nest it may release pheromone which can cause the other hornets to attack.

Other species use pheromones to confuse the host ants or to trick them into carrying the parasitic queen into the nest.

The male guards the nest until the brood hatches, which, depending on water temperature, can take from three to ten days.

As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings

Bolder pensioners, desperate to generate higher returns, may take undue risks for example, investing in junk bonds that could jeopardize their nest eggs.

Symbiotic bacteria on the exterior surface of the ants produce antibiotics that kill bacteria introduced into the nest that may harm the fungi.

The female uses both front and rear legs to gather material for the nest and lays up to 50 eggs deep inside it.

So I want now to show you a bit of film and this will start out, first of all, showing you the nest entrance.

Before they give birth, sows use straw or leaves and twigs to build a comfortable and safe nest in which to nurse their litter.

During the first phase of the decision making process, a small portion of the workers leave the destroyed nest and search for new crevices.

The chicks fly out of the nest at about 9 weeks and they become independent from their parents at about 12 weeks after hatching.

17 of the 26 species recognised by the Handbook of the Birds of the World are known to nest on and feed around buildings.

The female lays two to four eggs and does the incubation, leaving the nest only to eat what the male has brought for food.

He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.

So, for example, when there's extra nest maintenance work to do, it's not that the foragers switch over. I know that they don't do that.