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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 276 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=16mm, Gew.=408gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of … Mehr…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 276 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=16mm, Gew.=408gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LETTER XVIII. textit{SOCIETIES OF INSECTS. textit{i Perfect Societies Continued. textit{(Wasps and Hum- ble-Bces.) I Shall, now call your attention to such parts of the history of two other descriptions of social insects, textit{wasps, namely, and textit{humble-bees, as have not been related to j ou in my letters on the affection of insects for their young, and on their habitations. What I have to communicate, though not devoid of interest, is not to be compared with the preceding account of the ants, nor with that which will follow of the hive-bee. This, however, may arise more from the deficiency of observations than the barrenness of the subject. The first of these animals, textit{wasps, with whose proceedings I shall begin, we are apt to regard in a very unfavourable light. They are the most impertinent of intruders. If a door or window be open at the season of the year in which they appear, they are sure to enter. When they visit us, they stand upon no ceremony, but make free with every thing that they can come at. Sugar, meat, fruit, wine, are equally to their taste; and if we attempt to drive them away, and are not very cautious, they will often make us sensible that they are riot to be provoked with impunity. Compared with the bees, they may be considered as a horde of thieves and brigands; and the latter as peaceful, honest, 'and industrious subjects, whose persons are attacked and property plundered by them. Yet, with all this love of pillage and other bad propensities, they are not altogether disagreeable or unamiablc; they are brisk and lively; they do not usually attack unprovoked; and their object in plundering us is not purely selfish, but. is principally to provide for the support of the young brood of their colonies. The societies of wasps, like t...<

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William Kirby,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC Books Books Introduction-to-Entomology-or-Elements-of-the-Natural-History-of-Insects-with-Plates~~William-Kirby General Books LLC This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 2; Original Published by: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown in 1818 in 544 pages; Subjects: Insects; Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc; Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc; Nature / Insects & Spiders; Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology; Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General;<

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