. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 292 NOTICES REGARDING THE PRINCIPAL I''' â â ' '. ':'i>,' -^i. w ⢠f^^ IF ! 4* â I , â :. , ⢠â¢',â
. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 292 NOTICES REGARDING THE PRINCIPAL I''' â â ' '. ':'i>,' -^i. w ⢠f^^ IF ! 4* â I , â :. , ⢠â¢',â . ;'.! ...-^- jlll number of species are found in the northern parts of America. A wood-frequenthig kind, B, sylvicokiy makes a near approach to the British B. sylvaruniy while a ground-species, B. terricola^ is closely allied to our well-known B. terrestris, but the whole upper sur- face of the abdomen is clothed with yellow hairs, ex- cepting the first segment and a nearly terminal band, which are black. The wings are embrowned. A British species, B, Derhamellus, is taken as far north as latitude 65°. There are few associations of our child- hood, it may be confidently remarked, more deep and enduring than those connected with the pursuit and capture of the beautiful insects of this genus, many of which are remarkable for their size, and the rich con- trast which they exhibit of velvet black and crimson, with bars of brilliant yellow. This splendid attire, however, saves them not from being rudely handled; and who remembers not the day when a hink, or little box of moistened clay, was made to contain as many captives in proportion to its size as the Black Hole of Calcutta? The regime of the community of humble- bees diff^irs from that of the garden or honey bee in so far as it is dissolved on the approach of winter, resem- bling in this feature the economy of wasps. It consists of males, distinguished by the smallness of their size, their feebler heads, their n
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