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... effect of superannuation in rub- bing off the hair of insects and thereby giving them a darker hue . It is the office of the queen bee to lay eggs , which she deposits in cells constructed for their reception by the working bees . These ...
... effect of superannuation in rub- bing off the hair of insects and thereby giving them a darker hue . It is the office of the queen bee to lay eggs , which she deposits in cells constructed for their reception by the working bees . These ...
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... effect of this is to produce a concentration and œconomy of heat for developing the various changes of the brood . The following sketch is taken from a plate given by Mr. Dunbar in the Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine , to represent the ...
... effect of this is to produce a concentration and œconomy of heat for developing the various changes of the brood . The following sketch is taken from a plate given by Mr. Dunbar in the Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine , to represent the ...
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... effect which it always produced . On one occasion , a queen having escaped the vigilance of her guards and sprung from the cell , was , on her approach to the royal embryos , pulled , bitten and chased by the other bees . But standing ...
... effect which it always produced . On one occasion , a queen having escaped the vigilance of her guards and sprung from the cell , was , on her approach to the royal embryos , pulled , bitten and chased by the other bees . But standing ...
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... effect upon the bees . Bees , when deprived of their queen , have the power of selecting one or more grubs of workers , and converting them into queens . To effect this , each of the promoted grubs has a royal cell or cradle formed for ...
... effect upon the bees . Bees , when deprived of their queen , have the power of selecting one or more grubs of workers , and converting them into queens . To effect this , each of the promoted grubs has a royal cell or cradle formed for ...
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... effect that development . Subsequent experi- ments conducted under the auspices of Huber , have shown , however , that the organs are not en- tirely obliterated . Huber has been regarded as a man of a very vivid imagination ; and as his ...
... effect that development . Subsequent experi- ments conducted under the auspices of Huber , have shown , however , that the organs are not en- tirely obliterated . Huber has been regarded as a man of a very vivid imagination ; and as his ...
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2d Edit abundance afford animals antennæ ants aphides aphis apiarian apiary appears Aristotle ARTHUR DOBBS ascertained bee-boxes bee-house bees blossoms body Bonner brood CHAPTER cluster collected colour COLUMELLA combs common constructed covered drones eggs entrance EVANS experiments of Huber farina favourable female fermentation fertile floor flowers fluid former glass hatched hive hives or boxes honey honey-dew Huish humble-bee Hunter Hymettus impregnation inch insects instance instinct Kirby and Spence labour larva larvæ latter laying leaves Linnæus male naturalist nectar observed opinion organs oviducts ovipositor plants Plates Pliny pollen possess probably proboscis produced propolis pupa quantity Reaumur regarded respect round royal cells says Schirach season side Spanish broom species spiracles spring stemmata sting storifying straw hives supposed Swammerdam swarm tion trees usually Vide VIRGIL Vols wasps weather whilst whole wild thyme Wildman wine wings winter workers young queens
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