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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

Transformations of worker bee, 347.
   of the drone, 356.
   of the Queen, 357.

 Transverso-cubital nervures of wings, 45.

 Travellers, suggestions to, 64, 95.

 Trifid, divided into three parts.

 Trivial name, 128.

 Trochanter, 41.

 Trophi = organs of the mouth, 26, 29.
   diagram of, 30.

 Truncated, abruptly terminated.

 Tuberculated, with small processes.

 Turonian branch of the human race, 4.

 Uses of bees in the impregnation of plants, 11.

 Vedas mention bees, 6.

 Velum, 42.

 Ventilation of the hives, 328.

 Ventral segments, peculiarities of structure of, 234.

 Vernacular names of insects, 9.

 Vertex, 26.

 Vertigo of bees, 87.

 Voice of bees, 49.

 Wagtails destroy fossorial Hymenoptera, 306.

 Wax, secretion of, 325.

 Wax used by the Romans, 85.

 Westwood’s classification not adopted, 168.

 Wild bees, 8.
   come forth early in the spring, 10.

 Will of bees, 56.

 Willughby’s merits, 143.

 Wing, treatise on the, 45.

 Wing-hooklets for uniting the upper and lower wings, 45.

 Wing-scales = squamulæ, 26.

 Wings, 44.
   diagram of, 45.

 Worker bee, description of, 324.
   duties performed by, 325.
   peculiarities of structure, 330.
   secretion of wax, 325.

 Xenophon’s description of poisonous honey, 86.

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                                PLATE I.

    1 ♂. Colletes Daviesiana, _male_.
    1 ♀.    "          "      _female_.
    2 ♂. Prosopis dilatata, _male_.
    2 ♀. Prosopis signata, _female_.
    3 ♂. Sphecodes gibbus, _male_.
    3 ♀.   "         "     _female_.

    [Illustration: Plate I. E. W. Robinson, Delineavit et Sculpsit
        1866.]

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                               PLATE II.

    1 ♂. Andrena fulva, _male_.
    1 ♀.    "      "    _female_.
    2 ♂. Andrena cineraria, _male_.
    2 ♀.    "        "      _female_.
    3 ♂. Andrena nitida, _male_.
    3 ♀.   "       "     _female_.

    [Illustration: Plate II. E. W. Robinson, Delineavit et Sculpsit
        1866.]

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                               PLATE III.

    1 ♂. Andrena Rosæ, _male_.
    1 ♀.   "       "   _female_.
    2 ♂. Andrena longipes, _male_.
    2 ♀.   "       "       _female_.
    3 ♂.Andrena cingulata, _male_.
    3 ♀.   "       "       _female_.

    [Illustration: Plate III. E. W. Robinson, Delineavit et Sculpsit
        1866.]

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                               PLATE IV.

    1 ♂. Halictus xanthopus, _male_.
    1 ♀.   "       "         _female_.
    2 ♂. Halictus flavipes, _male_.
    2 ♀.   "       "        _female_.
    3 ♂. Halictus minutissimus, _male_.
    3 ♀.   "       "            _female_.

    [Illustration: Plate IV. E. W. Robinson, Delineavit et Sculpsit
        1866.]

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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

Transformations of worker bee, 347.
   of the drone, 356.
   of the Queen, 357.

 Transverso-cubital nervures of wings, 45.

 Travellers, suggestions to, 64, 95.

 Trifid, divided into three parts.

 Trivial name, 128.

 Trochanter, 41.

 Trophi = organs of the mouth, 26, 29.
   diagram of, 30.

 Truncated, abruptly terminated.

 Tuberculated, with small processes.

 Turonian branch of the human race, 4.

 Uses of bees in the impregnation of plants, 11.

 Vedas mention bees, 6.

 Velum, 42.

 Ventilation of the hives, 328.

 Ventral segments, peculiarities of structure of, 234.

 Vernacular names of insects, 9.

 Vertex, 26.

 Vertigo of bees, 87.

 Voice of bees, 49.

 Wagtails destroy fossorial Hymenoptera, 306.

 Wax, secretion of, 325.

 Wax used by the Romans, 85.

 Westwood’s classification not adopted, 168.

 Wild bees, 8.
   come forth early in the spring, 10.

 Will of bees, 56.

 Willughby’s merits, 143.

 Wing, treatise on the, 45.

 Wing-hooklets for uniting the upper and lower wings, 45.

 Wing-scales = squamulæ, 26.

 Wings, 44.
   diagram of, 45.

 Worker bee, description of, 324.
   duties performed by, 325.
   peculiarities of structure, 330.
   secretion of wax, 325.

 Xenophon’s description of poisonous honey, 86.

------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                PLATE I.

    1 ♂. Colletes Daviesiana, _male_.
    1 ♀.    "          "      _female_.
    2 ♂. Prosopis dilatata, _male_.
    2 ♀. Prosopis signata, _female_.
    3 ♂. Sphecodes gibbus, _male_.
    3 ♀.   "         "     _female_.

    [Illustration: Plate I. E. W. Robinson, Delineavit et Sculpsit
        1866.]

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                               PLATE II.

    1 ♂. Andrena fulva, _male_.
    1 ♀.    "      "    _female_.
    2 ♂. Andrena cineraria, _male_.
    2 ♀.    "        "      _female_.
    3 ♂. Andrena nitida, _male_.
    3 ♀.   "       "     _female_.

    [Illustration: Plate II. E. W. Robinson, Delineavit et Sculpsit
        1866.]

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                               PLATE III.

    1 ♂. Andrena Rosæ, _male_.
    1 ♀.   "       "   _female_.
    2 ♂. Andrena longipes, _male_.
    2 ♀.   "       "       _female_.
    3 ♂.Andrena cingulata, _male_.
    3 ♀.   "       "       _female_.

    [Illustration: Plate III. E. W. Robinson, Delineavit et Sculpsit
        1866.]

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                               PLATE IV.

    1 ♂. Halictus xanthopus, _male_.
    1 ♀.   "       "         _female_.
    2 ♂. Halictus flavipes, _male_.
    2 ♀.   "       "        _female_.
    3 ♂. Halictus minutissimus, _male_.
    3 ♀.   "       "            _female_.

    [Illustration: Plate IV. E. W. Robinson, Delineavit et Sculpsit
        1866.]

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