. The bee-keepers' guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. Pollen or Bee-Bread. 107 The animals of which these were once. the skeletons, so to speak, are not insects at all, though often called so by men of considerable information. The species of the genus Favosites first appeared in the Upper Silurian rocks, culminated in the Devonian, and disap- peared in the early Carboniferous. No insects appeared till the Devonian age, and no Hymenoptera—bees, wasps, etc.— till after the Carboniferous. So the old-time Favosites reared its limestone columns and helped to build islands and conti- nents unto
. The bee-keepers' guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. Pollen or Bee-Bread. 107 The animals of which these were once. the skeletons, so to speak, are not insects at all, though often called so by men of considerable information. The species of the genus Favosites first appeared in the Upper Silurian rocks, culminated in the Devonian, and disap- peared in the early Carboniferous. No insects appeared till the Devonian age, and no Hymenoptera—bees, wasps, etc.— till after the Carboniferous. So the old-time Favosites reared its limestone columns and helped to build islands and conti- nents untold ages—millions upon millions of years—before any flower bloomed, or any bee sipped the precious nectar. In some specimens of this honey-stone coral (Fig. 33), there Fig. V. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842- [from old catalog]. Lansing, Mich. [Columbus, Ohio, Printed by Myers bros. ]
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