New observations on the natural history of bees

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1. 1Transcriber's note
2. 2NEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BEES, BY FRANCIS HUBER. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL.
3. 3CONTENTS.
4. 4TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
5. 5LETTER I. ON THE IMPREGNATION OF THE QUEEN BEE.
6. 6Letter from M. Bonnet to M. Huber.
7. 7LETTER II. SEQUEL OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE IMPREGNATION OF THE QUEEN BEE.
8. 8LETTER III. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.—OBSERVATIONS ON RETARDING THE FECUNDATION OF QUEENS.
9. 9LETTER IV. ON M. SCHIRACH'S DISCOVERY.
10. 10LETTER V. EXPERIMENTS PROVING THAT THERE ARE SOMETIMES COMMON BEES WHICH LAY FERTILE EGGS.
11. 11LETTER VI. ON THE COMBATS OF QUEENS: THE MASSACRE OF THE MALES: AND WHAT SUCCEEDS IN A HIVE WHERE A STRANGER QUEEN IS SUBSTITUTED FOR THE NATURAL ONE.
12. 12LETTER VII. SEQUEL OF EXPERIMENTS ON THE RECEPTION OF A STRANGER QUEEN. M. DE REAUMUR'S OBSERVATIONS ON THE SUBJECT.
13. 13LETTER VIII. IS THE QUEEN OVIPAROUS? WHAT INFLUENCE HAS THE SIZE OF THE CELLS, WHERE THE EGGS ARE DEPOSITED, ON THE BEES PRODUCED?—RESEARCHES ON THE MODE OF SPINNING THE COCCOONS.
14. 14LETTER IX. ON THE FORMATION OF SWARMS.
15. 15LETTER X. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.
16. 16LETTER XI. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.
17. 17LETTER XII. ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS ON QUEENS THAT LAY ONLY THE EGGS OF DRONES, AND ON THOSE DEPRIVED OF THE ANTENNÆ.
18. 18LETTER XIII. ECONOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON BEES.

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