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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

Name: British Bees: An Introduction into the Studies of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles
Author: Shuckard, William Edward

Shuckard, William Edward

Bees; Hymenoptera -- Great Britain

Saropoda, general observations, 243.
   geography of, 71.
   native species of, 243.
   rapidity of flight, 245.
   scientific description of, 242.
   vivacity of its eyes, 244.

 Scape of antennæ, 28.

 Scent emitted by bees, 52.

 Scientific arrangement and description of the genera, 184.
   principles of, 118.
   cultivation of British bees, 142.

 Scopulipedes = brush-legged bees, 163, 227.

 Sculpture, 60.

 Scutellum, 26, 45.

 Senses of bees, 56.

 Sensorium of bees, 55.

 Serrate, edged like a saw.

 Serratulate, edged like a fine saw.

 Setæ, slightish bristles.

 Setiform, like bristles.

 Setose, bristled.

 Shakespeare on the polity of the bee, 1.

 Shemitic branch of the human race, 4.

 Sight of bees, 56.

 Simple eyes = ocelli = stemmata, 26, 27.

 Sinus, a cavity.

 Sitos, the supporter of a parasitical bee.

 Sizes, differences of, what caused by, 41.

 Smell of bees, 56.

 Social bees = Cenobites, 302.

 Species, 122.
   name of, 128.
   the basis of natural science, 121.
   vary in number of individuals, 123.

 Specific character, 124.
   descriptions, 125.
   differences, 123.

 Sphecodes, difficulty of specific distinction in, 198.
   doubts as to its parasitism, 199.
   general observations on, 197.
   geography of, 66.
   list of native species, 197.
   scientific description of, 196.

 Spines at apex of abdomen of bees, 268.

 Spinose, with minute spiny processes.

 Spinulose, with fine spiny processes.

 Spiral hair of the scopa, 226, 229.

 Spurs, 42.

 Squamulæ = epaulettes = wing-scales, 26, 44.

 State of Great Britain before the glacial period, 5.

 Stelis, general observations on, 263.
   geography of, 73.
   infests Osmia, 302.
   list of native species, 263.
   scientific description of, 262.

 Stemmata = simple eyes = ocelli, 26, 27.

 Stephens, inferior merit of his system, 152.

 Strepsiptera parasitical on bees, 111.

 Strigilis, 42.

 Structure and habits correlative, 24.
   of the body of the bee, 25.
   similarity of, caused by direct and proximate affinities, 48.

 Stylops infests Andrena, 208.
   infests Halictus, 219.
   Kirby’s description of, 112.
   manners of, described by Thwaites, 114.
   some particulars of its history, 208.

 Sub, a prefix indicating the diminution of a condition, as subhastate,
    subovate, subtruncate, etc. etc.

 Submarginal cells of wings, 45.

 Swarming, 358.

 Synonymy, 130.

 System, value of, 119.

 Tarsus of fore legs in some males greatly dilated, 43.
   or foot, 41.

 Taste of bees, 56.

 Thorax, 26, 41.

 Tibia, or shank, 41.

 Tomb at Thebes with representation of a beehive, 6.

 Tongue improperly called labium, 34.
   of Andrenidæ folded in repose, 39.
   of Apidæ folded in repose, 39.
   once thought tubular, 34.
   where situated, description of it, 33.

 Topical geography of British bees, 96.

 Tooth, a long sharp process.

 Toothed, spinose, spinulose, tuberculated, mucronated, dentate, the
    various conditions of extraneous prominences or processes.

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British Bees: An Introduction into the Studies of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British IslesShuckard, William Edward

Science

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

Shuckard, William Edward

Bees; Hymenoptera -- Great Britain

Saropoda, general observations, 243.
   geography of, 71.
   native species of, 243.
   rapidity of flight, 245.
   scientific description of, 242.
   vivacity of its eyes, 244.

 Scape of antennæ, 28.

 Scent emitted by bees, 52.

 Scientific arrangement and description of the genera, 184.
   principles of, 118.
   cultivation of British bees, 142.

 Scopulipedes = brush-legged bees, 163, 227.

 Sculpture, 60.

 Scutellum, 26, 45.

 Senses of bees, 56.

 Sensorium of bees, 55.

 Serrate, edged like a saw.

 Serratulate, edged like a fine saw.

 Setæ, slightish bristles.

 Setiform, like bristles.

 Setose, bristled.

 Shakespeare on the polity of the bee, 1.

 Shemitic branch of the human race, 4.

 Sight of bees, 56.

 Simple eyes = ocelli = stemmata, 26, 27.

 Sinus, a cavity.

 Sitos, the supporter of a parasitical bee.

 Sizes, differences of, what caused by, 41.

 Smell of bees, 56.

 Social bees = Cenobites, 302.

 Species, 122.
   name of, 128.
   the basis of natural science, 121.
   vary in number of individuals, 123.

 Specific character, 124.
   descriptions, 125.
   differences, 123.

 Sphecodes, difficulty of specific distinction in, 198.
   doubts as to its parasitism, 199.
   general observations on, 197.
   geography of, 66.
   list of native species, 197.
   scientific description of, 196.

 Spines at apex of abdomen of bees, 268.

 Spinose, with minute spiny processes.

 Spinulose, with fine spiny processes.

 Spiral hair of the scopa, 226, 229.

 Spurs, 42.

 Squamulæ = epaulettes = wing-scales, 26, 44.

 State of Great Britain before the glacial period, 5.

 Stelis, general observations on, 263.
   geography of, 73.
   infests Osmia, 302.
   list of native species, 263.
   scientific description of, 262.

 Stemmata = simple eyes = ocelli, 26, 27.

 Stephens, inferior merit of his system, 152.

 Strepsiptera parasitical on bees, 111.

 Strigilis, 42.

 Structure and habits correlative, 24.
   of the body of the bee, 25.
   similarity of, caused by direct and proximate affinities, 48.

 Stylops infests Andrena, 208.
   infests Halictus, 219.
   Kirby’s description of, 112.
   manners of, described by Thwaites, 114.
   some particulars of its history, 208.

 Sub, a prefix indicating the diminution of a condition, as subhastate,
    subovate, subtruncate, etc. etc.

 Submarginal cells of wings, 45.

 Swarming, 358.

 Synonymy, 130.

 System, value of, 119.

 Tarsus of fore legs in some males greatly dilated, 43.
   or foot, 41.

 Taste of bees, 56.

 Thorax, 26, 41.

 Tibia, or shank, 41.

 Tomb at Thebes with representation of a beehive, 6.

 Tongue improperly called labium, 34.
   of Andrenidæ folded in repose, 39.
   of Apidæ folded in repose, 39.
   once thought tubular, 34.
   where situated, description of it, 33.

 Topical geography of British bees, 96.

 Tooth, a long sharp process.

 Toothed, spinose, spinulose, tuberculated, mucronated, dentate, the
    various conditions of extraneous prominences or processes.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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

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

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