Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects

Name: Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects
Author: Edward Saunders

by Edward Saunders

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WILD BEES, WASPS AND ANTS
WILD BEES, WASPS AND ANTS
And Other Stinging Insects
EDWARD SAUNDERS
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLOURED PLATES
THE SUBJECT IN GENERAL
THE SOLITARY GROUPS
THE SOLITARY BEES
THE CUCKOO BEES
THE FOSSORS OR DIGGERS
THE SOLITARY WASPS
THE SOCIAL GROUPS
THE ANTS
THE SOCIAL WASPS
THE HUMBLE BEES
THE BEES WITH BIFID TONGUES
THE BEES WITH POINTED TONGUES
LEAF-CUTTING BEES
OSMIA AND ITS HABITS
A COLONY OF ANTHOPHORA
BEES AND POLLEN-COLLECTING
ON BEES' TONGUES, AND HOW THEY SUCK HONEY
A DREADFUL PARASITE
AMONGST THE BEES AT WORK
ANTS, THEIR GUESTS AND THEIR LODGERS
HOW CAN AN "ACULEATE" BE RECOGNIZED?
MALES AND FEMALES
THE VAGARIES OF COLOUR AND STRUCTURE IN THE SEXES
THE DISTRIBUTION, RARITY, OR ABUNDANCE OF VARIOUS SPECIES
ON BEES' WINGS
ON BREEDING ACULEATES, ETC.
ON COLOUR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSECTS FROM THE EGG
ON STRUCTURE
INDEX
NOTES
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