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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

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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

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                            LIST OF PLATES.

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             NOTE.—♂ signifies male; ♀, female; ⚲, neuter.


     PLATE I.

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

     PLATE II.

    1. Andrena fulva, ♂ ♀.
    2. Andrena cineraria, ♂ ♀.
    3. Andrena nitida, ♂ ♀.

     PLATE III.

    1. Andrena Rosæ, ♂ ♀.
    2. Andrena longipes, ♂ ♀.
    3. Andrena cingulata, ♂ ♀.

     PLATE IV.

    1. Halictus xanthopus, ♂ ♀.
    2. Halictus flavipes, ♂ ♀.
    3. Halictus minutissimus, ♂ ♀.

     PLATE V.

    1. Cilissa tricincta, ♂ ♀.
    2. Macropis labiata, ♂ ♀.
    3. Dasypoda hirtipes, ♂ ♀.

     PLATE VI.

    1. Panurgus Banksianus, ♂ ♀.
    2. Eucera longicornis, ♂ ♀.
    3. Anthophora retusa, ♂ ♀.

     PLATE VII.

    1. Anthophora furcata, ♂ ♀.
    2. Saropoda bimaculata, ♂ ♀.
    3. Ceratina cærulea, ♂ ♀.

     PLATE VIII.

    1. Nomada Goodeniana, ♂ ♀.
    2. Nomada Lathburiana, ♂ ♀.
    3. Nomada sexfasciata, ♂ ♀.

     PLATE IX.

    1. Nomada signata, ♂ ♀.
    2. Nomada Fabriciana, ♂ ♀.
    3. Nomada flavoguttata, ♂ ♀.

     PLATE X.

    1. Nomada Jacobææ, ♂ ♀.
    2. Nomada Solidaginis, ♂ ♀ (that marked ♂* should be ♀).
    3. Nomada lateralis, ♂ ♀.

     PLATE XI.

    1. Melecta punctata, ♂ ♀.
    2. Epeolus variegatus, ♂ ♀.
    3. Stelis phæoptera, ♂ ♀.

     PLATE XII.

    1. Cœlioxys Vectis, ♂ ♀.
    2. Megachile maritima, ♂ ♀.
    3. Megachile argentata, ♂ ♀.

     PLATE XIII.

    1. Anthidium manicatum, ♂ ♀.
    2. Chelostoma florisomne, ♂ ♀.
    3. Heriades truncorum, ♂ ♀.

     PLATE XIV.

    1. Osmia bicolor, ♂ ♀.
    2. Anthocopa Papaveris, ♂ ♀.
    3. Osmia leucomelana, ♂ ♀.

     PLATE XV.

    1. Apathus rupestris, ♂ ♀.
    2 ♂. Apathus campestris (the sexual sign to this should be ♀).
    2 ♀. Apathus vestalis.
    3. Bombus fragrans, ♀.
    4. Bombus Soroensis, ♂ (var. Burrellanus).

     PLATE XVI.

    1. Bombus Harrisellus, ♀.
    2. Bombus Lapponicus, ♀.
    3. Bombus sylvarum, ♀.
    4. Apis mellifica, ♂ ♀ ⚲.

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                              BRITISH BEES.

                            (_HYMENOPTERA._)

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                               CHAPTER I

                       PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS,

         COMPRISING GENERAL REMARKS UPON THE USES OF BEES IN THE
       ECONOMY OF NATURE; THEIR DIVISION INTO SOCIAL AND SOLITARY;
                 AND A NOTICE OF THEIR FAVOURITE PLANTS.

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