Ants Bees And Wasps A Record Of Observations On The Habits Of The Social Hymenoptera

Author : John Lubbock
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ISBN 13 : 9781330542248
Total Pages : 496 pages
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Download or read book Ants, Bees, and Wasps written by John Lubbock and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera This volume contains the record of various experiments made with ants, bees, and wasps, during the past ten years; and most of which have appeared in the 'Journal of the Linnean Society, ' for the years 1874 to 1882. Other occupations and many interruptions, political and professional, have prevented me from making them so full and complete as I had hoped. My parliamentary duties, in particular, have absorbed most of my time just at the season of year when these insects can be most profitably studied. I have, therefore, whenever it seemed necessary, carefully recorded the month during which the observations were made; for the instincts and behaviour of ants, bees, and wasps are by no means the same throughout the year. My object has been not so much to describe the usual habits of these insects as to test their mental condition and powers of sense. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.