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COMBATS OF QUEENS.
LETTER VI.
ON THE COMBATS OF QUEENS: THE MAS¬
SACRE OF THE MALES: AND WHAT SUC¬
CEEDS IN A HIVE WHERE A STRANGER
QUEEN IS SUBSTITUTED FOR THE NA¬
TURAL ONE.
M. de Reaumur had not witnessed every
thing relative to bees when he composed his
history of these industrious animals. Seve¬
ral observers, and those of Lusatia in par¬
ticular, have discovered many important
facts that escaped him ; and I, in my turn,
have made various observations on some, of
which he had no suspicion: at the same
time, and this is a very remarkable circum¬
stance, not only all that he expressly de¬
clares he saw has been verified by succeed¬
ing naturalists, but all his conjectures are
COMBATS OF QUEENS.
LETTER VI.
ON THE COMBATS OF QUEENS: THE MAS¬
SACRE OF THE MALES: AND WHAT SUC¬
CEEDS IN A HIVE WHERE A STRANGER
QUEEN IS SUBSTITUTED FOR THE NA¬
TURAL ONE.
M. de Reaumur had not witnessed every
thing relative to bees when he composed his
history of these industrious animals. Seve¬
ral observers, and those of Lusatia in par¬
ticular, have discovered many important
facts that escaped him ; and I, in my turn,
have made various observations on some, of
which he had no suspicion: at the same
time, and this is a very remarkable circum¬
stance, not only all that he expressly de¬
clares he saw has been verified by succeed¬
ing naturalists, but all his conjectures are
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| Antiquarian books of Scotland > Curiosities & wonders > New observations on the natural history of bees > (108) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/128807163 |
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| Description | By Francis Huber. Translation of: Nouvelles Observations sur les Abeilles. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.78.261 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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