Hardwicke's Science-gossipRobert Hardwicke, 1885 |
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Page 15
... bees . This I accounted for by the very severe weather prevalent during the second week in June killing off the large females , or queens , with the embryo brood which they would be undoubtedly at that time rearing ; as these ...
... bees . This I accounted for by the very severe weather prevalent during the second week in June killing off the large females , or queens , with the embryo brood which they would be undoubtedly at that time rearing ; as these ...
Page 39
... Bees confined under similar circumstances having died , it would appear that larv¿ respire less abundantly than ... bee on the wing one mile out at sea off the Norfolk coast . It did not secure the opportunity to rest afforded by the ...
... Bees confined under similar circumstances having died , it would appear that larv¿ respire less abundantly than ... bee on the wing one mile out at sea off the Norfolk coast . It did not secure the opportunity to rest afforded by the ...
Page 41
... bee ( Bombus terrestris ) situated behind the facing stones of the dyke , as are also the nests of the V. sylvestris and V. vulgaris , that of the V. rufa being at a point where there are no stones ; and nearly in the middle of the ...
... bee ( Bombus terrestris ) situated behind the facing stones of the dyke , as are also the nests of the V. sylvestris and V. vulgaris , that of the V. rufa being at a point where there are no stones ; and nearly in the middle of the ...
Page 55
... bees in any garden or field always shows that the yellow bees outnumber the black in the proportion of about seven to one ; and I have also found their nests for many years in the same proportion ; —about seven nests of the yellow to ...
... bees in any garden or field always shows that the yellow bees outnumber the black in the proportion of about seven to one ; and I have also found their nests for many years in the same proportion ; —about seven nests of the yellow to ...
Page 56
... bees buzzing round my head and thrusting their stings through the veil I wore for protection , gave out so pungent a ... bee should also have this repulsive odour for a protection . It is , in fact , as incongruous as it sight . Yet it ...
... bees buzzing round my head and thrusting their stings through the veil I wore for protection , gave out so pungent a ... bee should also have this repulsive odour for a protection . It is , in fact , as incongruous as it sight . Yet it ...
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