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

Chapter 1: BRITISH BEES.
By William Edward Shuckard
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A comprehensive natural-history manual surveys the bees native to the British Isles, opening with their ecological roles and a practical division between social and solitary species. It follows insect development from egg through larva, pupa, and imago, outlines geographic distribution, and sketches prominent foreign genera for comparison. Sections cover parasites and predators, principles of scientific classification, and methods for cultivating bees, then present an arrangement of families and genera with identification tables and facile keys. Detailed genus accounts list native species, describe habits and economy, and are supplemented by plates and practical notes for collectors and naturalists.

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Title: British Bees

Author: William Edward Shuckard

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Language: English

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BRITISH BEES.

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.
J. E. TAYLOR AND CO., PRINTERS,
LITTLE QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS.
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.