British Bees / An Introduction into the Studies of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles

by William Edward Shuckard

BRITISH BEES.

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BRITISH BEES:

AN INTRODUCTION

TO THE STUDY OF THE

NATURAL HISTORY AND ECONOMY OF THE BEES

Indigenous to the British Isles.

BY

W. E. SHUCKARD,

AUTHOR OF ‘ESSAY ON THE FOSSORIAL HYMENOPTERA,’ ‘COLEOPTERA

DELINEATED,’ ‘ELEMENTS OF BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY,’ MONOGRAPHS OF THE

‘DORYLIDÆ,’ ‘AULACIDÆ,’ ETC. ETC.; AND TRANSLATOR OF BURMEISTER’S

‘MANUAL OF ENTOMOLOGY.’

LONDON:

LOVELL REEVE & CO., 5, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

1866.

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J. E. TAYLOR AND CO., PRINTERS,

LITTLE QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS.

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TO

WILLIAM WILSON SAUNDERS, ESQ.,

F.R.S., TREAS. & V.P.L.S., F.Z.S.,

TREASURER OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,

ETC. ETC. ETC.,

IN TESTIMONY OF THE ABILITY, ZEAL, AND LIBERALITY

WITH WHICH HE CULTIVATES AND PROMOTES

THE SCIENCE OF ENTOMOLOGY;

AND

AS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MUCH KINDNESS,

EXTENDING OVER MANY YEARS,

This Volume

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY HIS FAITHFUL SERVANT,

W. E. SHUCKARD.

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