The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... bee only when flowers are scarce ; the ants will suck in the honey , while the aphides are in the act of discharg- ing it ; the bees only collect it from the leaves on which it has fallen . In the au- tumn three more generations of ...
... bee only when flowers are scarce ; the ants will suck in the honey , while the aphides are in the act of discharg- ing it ; the bees only collect it from the leaves on which it has fallen . In the au- tumn three more generations of ...
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... bees are kept . A southern as-、 pect is reckoned the most proper , and the bee - hives should be exposed as little as pos- sible to the wind , and should enjoy as much of the influence of the sun as possible , as wind retards the bees ...
... bees are kept . A southern as-、 pect is reckoned the most proper , and the bee - hives should be exposed as little as pos- sible to the wind , and should enjoy as much of the influence of the sun as possible , as wind retards the bees ...
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... bees , but always of the same colour on both legs of the same bee ; whereas a new made comb was all of one colour . I observed that it was gathered with more avidity for old hives , where the comb is complete , than for those hives ...
... bees , but always of the same colour on both legs of the same bee ; whereas a new made comb was all of one colour . I observed that it was gathered with more avidity for old hives , where the comb is complete , than for those hives ...
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... bees through glass hives , while they were climbing up the glass , I could see that most of them had this substance , for it looked as if the lower , or posterior edge of the scale , was double , or that there were double scales : but I ...
... bees through glass hives , while they were climbing up the glass , I could see that most of them had this substance , for it looked as if the lower , or posterior edge of the scale , was double , or that there were double scales : but I ...
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... bees lose their queen they make no combs ; and the wasp , hornet , & c . make combs although they collect no honey ; and the humble - bee collects honey , and deposits it in cells she never made . " I shall not consider the bee as an ...
... bees lose their queen they make no combs ; and the wasp , hornet , & c . make combs although they collect no honey ; and the humble - bee collects honey , and deposits it in cells she never made . " I shall not consider the bee as an ...
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