New observations on the natural history of bees

CONTENTS.

LETTER1.—On the impregnation of the queen bee	page1
LETTER2.—Sequel of observations on the impregnation of the queen bee	41
LETTER3.—The same subject continued; observations on retarding the fecundation of queens	44
LETTER4.—On M. Schirach's discovery	76
LETTER5.—Experiments proving that there are sometimes common bees which lay fertile eggs	89
LETTER6.—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	108
LETTER7.—Sequel of observations on the reception of a stranger queen; M. de Reaumur's observations on the subject	137
LETTER8.—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	145
LETTER9.—On the formation of swarms	171
LETTER10.—The same subject continued	201
LETTER11.—The same subject continued	223
LETTER12.—Additional observations on queens that lay only the eggs of drones, and on those deprived of the antennÆ	237
LETTER13.—Economical considerations on bees	253
Appendix	275

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