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Bramble-Bees and Others

Jean-Henri Fabre and Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

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A mother bee, boring into a bramble stem, decides the sex of each egg she lays. Jean-Henri Fabre follows the bramble-dwellers and the osmiae through experiments on the distribution and permutation of the sexes. Patient, astonishing insect science from a master observer. Watch a naturalist unlock secrets hidden in a hollow twig.

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  1. 1BRAMBLE-BEES AND OTHERS
  2. 2TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS, F.Z.S.
  3. 3TRANSLATOR'S NOTE.
  4. 4Contents
  5. 5CHAPTER 1. BRAMBLE-DWELLERS.
  6. 6CHAPTER 2. THE OSMIAE.
  7. 7CHAPTER 3. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SEXES.
  8. 8CHAPTER 4. THE MOTHER DECIDES THE SEX OF THE EGG.
  9. 9CHAPTER 5. PERMUTATIONS OF SEX.
  10. 10CHAPTER 6. INSTINCT AND DISCERNMENT.
  11. 11CHAPTER 7. ECONOMY OF ENERGY.
  12. 12CHAPTER 8. THE LEAF-CUTTERS.
  13. 13CHAPTER 9. THE COTTON-BEES.
  14. 14CHAPTER 10. THE RESIN-BEES.
  15. 15CHAPTER 11. THE POISON OF THE BEE.
  16. 16CHAPTER 12. THE HALICTI: A PARASITE.
  17. 17CHAPTER 13. THE HALICTI: THE PORTRESS.
  18. 18CHAPTER 14. THE HALICTI: PARTHENOGENESIS.
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