. The humble-bee [microform] : its life-history and how to domesticate it with descriptions of all the British species of Bombus and Psithyrus. Bees; Apiculture; Abeilles; Abeilles; Bee culture; Bees. â .'(_, I i VII OF THE HUMBLK- iu:e 11- one takes a colony with its brood and places it in a suitable receptacle in the garden or on a shelf of the humble-bee house, one sees how its existence is maintained and ends ; but one gets no information as to how the colony started and what took place during its early stages, a particularly interesting period. ^ Nests in the stage befo
. The humble-bee [microform] : its life-history and how to domesticate it with descriptions of all the British species of Bombus and Psithyrus. Bees; Apiculture; Abeilles; Abeilles; Bee culture; Bees. â .'(_, I i VII OF THE HUMBLK- iu:e 11- one takes a colony with its brood and places it in a suitable receptacle in the garden or on a shelf of the humble-bee house, one sees how its existence is maintained and ends ; but one gets no information as to how the colony started and what took place during its early stages, a particularly interesting period. ^ Nests in the stage before any workers have emerged may be discovered without much ditficulty, and I find that it is possible to remove them suc- cessfully provided the operation is not carried out mitil after the first larvce have spun their cocoons. I-or, while the queen has only eggs or young Iarv:e to care for, any alarm will cause her to desert the nest ; but as the brood grows older her attachment to it increases, and when it consists of that are not far developing into workers she will not readily forsake it, any slight interference causing her to brood over it more devotedly than ever. aI this period, if the queen is secured and placed in a with the brood, she will sit en it until the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sladen, F. W. L. (Frederick William Lambert), 1876?-1921. London ; Toronto : MacMillan
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