[115] Huber, Nouv. Observ. ii. 443.
[117] For 1807, 242—.
[118] Ibid. 243.
[119] Bombus. Apis * *. e. 2. K.
[120] Mémoires du Muséum, &c. i. 55.
[121] P. Huber, in Linn. Trans. vi. 264.—This author says however in another place (ibid. 285), that the male eggs are laid in the spring, at the same time with those that are to produce workers. Perhaps by the former he means the male offspring of the small females, and by the latter those of the large?
[122] Hub. Nouv. Observ. ii. 375.
[123] Ibid. 373—.
[124] This account of the proceedings of humble-bees is chiefly taken from Reaumur, vi. Mém. l.; and M. P. Huber in Linn. Trans. vi. 214—.