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British Bees

by William Edward Shuckard

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Author
Shuckard, William Edward, 1802-1868
Title
British Bees An Introduction into the Studies of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles
Credits
Produced by Rachael Schultz, Barry Abrahamsen, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
QL: Science: Zoology
Subject
Hymenoptera -- Great Britain
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 56201
Release Date
December 18, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.BRITISH BEES.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF PLATES.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS,
  6. 6.CHAPTER II GENERAL HISTORY OF BEES.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III SKETCH OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE GENERA OF BRITISH BEES.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV NOTICE OF THE MORE CONSPICUOUS FOREIGN GENERA OF BEES.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V PARASITES OF BEES AND THEIR ENEMIES.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC ARRANGEMENT.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII BRIEF NOTICE OF THE SCIENTIFIC CULTIVATION OF BRITISH BEES.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. A NEW ARRANGEMENT OF BRITISH BEES, WITH ITS RATIONALE, AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FAMILY, SUBFAMILIES, SECTIONS, AND SUBSECTIONS.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. A TABLE, EXHIBITING A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE GENERA OF BRITISH BEES WITH FACILITY.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. THE SCIENTIFIC ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERA, WITH LISTS OF OUR NATIVE SPECIES AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS AND ECONOMY OF THE INSECTS, WITH INCIDENTAL OBSERVATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE SUBJECT.
  15. 15.GENERAL AND GLOSSARIAL INDEX.

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