Chapters (17)
- BRAMBLE-BEES AND OTHERS
- TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS, F.Z.S.
- TRANSLATOR'S NOTE.
- CHAPTER 1. BRAMBLE-DWELLERS.
- CHAPTER 2. THE OSMIAE.
- CHAPTER 3. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SEXES.
- CHAPTER 4. THE MOTHER DECIDES THE SEX OF THE EGG.
- CHAPTER 5. PERMUTATIONS OF SEX.
- CHAPTER 6. INSTINCT AND DISCERNMENT.
- CHAPTER 7. ECONOMY OF ENERGY.
- CHAPTER 8. THE LEAF-CUTTERS.
- CHAPTER 9. THE COTTON-BEES.
- CHAPTER 10. THE RESIN-BEES.
- CHAPTER 11. THE POISON OF THE BEE.
- CHAPTER 12. THE HALICTI: A PARASITE.
- CHAPTER 13. THE HALICTI: THE PORTRESS.
- CHAPTER 14. THE HALICTI: PARTHENOGENESIS.
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