An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 1 / or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects

by William Kirby; William Spence

[762] Apis. **. d. 2. β. K.

[763] Reaum. vi. 39-50. Mon. Ap. Angl. i. 189. Apis. **. α. 2. β.

[764] Ann. du Mus. x. 236.

[765] Reaumur plausibly supposes that it has been from observing this bee thus loaded, that the tale mentioned by Aristotle and Pliny, of the hive-bee's ballasting itself with a bit of stone previously to flying home in a high wind, has arisen.

[766] Reaum. vi. 57-88. Mon. Ap. Angl. i. 179.

[767] Apis. **. c. 2. δ. K.

[768] Apis. **. c. 2. α. K.

[769] Reaum. vi. 139-148.

[770] Latr. Hist. Nat. des Fourmis, 297.

[771] Reaum. vi. 971-24. Mon. Ap. Angl. i. 157. Apis. **. c. 2. α.