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

? Atropos, Newman.

? Lachesis, Newman.

2. armata, Panzer, ♂ ♀. 6-7 lines.

punctata, Kirby.

? Tisiphone, Newman.

? Alecto, Newman.

? Clotho, Newman.

? Megæra, Newman.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

Named from μέλι, honey, λέγω, I collect; which is scarcely the case, for the parasites, although they may indulge in the luxury of honey as epicures, or resort to it as a repast, cannot be said to collect it, for it is only the labouring bees that truly collect it for the purpose of storing.