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

2. Bombus Lapponicus, ♀.

3. Bombus sylvarum, ♀.

4. Apis mellifica, ♂ ♀ ⚲.

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BRITISH BEES.

(HYMENOPTERA.)

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CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS,

COMPRISING GENERAL REMARKS UPON THE USES OF BEES IN THE

ECONOMY OF NATURE; THEIR DIVISION INTO SOCIAL AND SOLITARY;