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BRITISH BEES.

iiiBRITISH BEES:

AN INTRODUCTION

TO THE STUDY OF THE

NATURAL HISTORY AND ECONOMY OF THE BEES

Indigenous to the British Isles.

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.

ivJ. E. TAYLOR AND CO., PRINTERS,

LITTLE QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS.

vTO

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.

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PREFACE.

A few words are necessary explanatory of the coursepursued in the following work, as regards the citation ofauthorities.

All the facts recorded without reference to authorities,are the result either of personal observation or ofdiligent study, which, from the length of time that hasintervened, have become so blended in my mind thatI can no longer separate their sources. I may, however,state that observation has, certainly, as often anticipatedthe perusal of the discoveries of others, as theirrecord has stimulated direct observation to confirmthem.

The habits of animals, in which instinct is the solepro

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