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CHAPTER I.PAGEPRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS, COMPRISING GENERAL REMARKS UPON THE USES OF BEES IN THE ECONOMY OF NATURE, THEIR DIVISION INTO SOCIAL AND SOLITARY, AND A NOTICE OF THEIR FAVOURITE PLANTS1CHAPTER II.GENERAL HISTORY OF BEES17THE EGG18THE LARVA19THE PUPA22THE IMAGO23CHAPTER III.SKETCH OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE GENERA OF BRITISH BEES61CHAPTER IV.NOTICE OF THE MORE CONSPICUOUS FOREIGN GENERA101CHAPTER V.PARASITES OF BEES AND THEIR ENEMIES109CHAPTER VI.GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC ARRANGEMENT118CHAPTER VII.BRIEF NOTICE OF THE SCIENTIFIC CULTIVATION OF BRITISH BEES142CHAPTER VIII.A NEW ARRANGEMENT OF BRITISH BEES, WITH ITS RATIONALE, AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FAMILY, SUBFAMILIES, SECTIONS, AND SUBSECTIONS153CHAPTER IX.A TABLE, EXHIBITING A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE GENERA OF BRITISH BEES WITH FACILITY170EASY DISTRIBUTION OF THE BEES176CHAPTER X.THE SCIENTIFIC ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERA, WITH LISTS OF OUR NATIVE SPECIES, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS AND ECONOMY OF THE INSECTS, WITH INCIDENTAL OBSERVATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE SUBJECT184ANDRENIDÆ (SUBNORMAL BEES)185GEN. 1. COLLETES185GEN. 2. PROSOPIS191GEN. 3. SPHECODES196GEN. 4. ANDRENA200GEN. 5. CILISSA211GEN. 6. HALICTUS214GEN. 7. MACROPIS220GEN. 8. DASYPODA224APIDÆ (NORMAL BEES)227SCOPULIPEDES (BRUSH-LEGGED BEES)227GEN. 9. PANURGUS227GEN. 10. EUCERA231GEN. 11. ANTHOPHORA236GEN. 12. SAROPODA242GEN. 13. CERATINA245NUDIPEDES (CUCKOO-BEES)249GEN. 14. NOMADA249GEN. 15. MELECTA255GEN. 16. EPEOLUS258GEN 17. STELIS262GEN. 18. CŒLIOXYS265DASYGASTERS (ARTISAN BEES)269GEN. 19. MEGACHILE269GEN. 20. ANTHIDIUM279GEN. 21. CHELOSTOMA283GEN. 22. HERIADES288GEN. 23. ANTHOCOPA290GEN. 24. OSMIA294CENOBITES (SOCIAL BEES)302GEN. 25. APATHUS302GEN. 26. BOMBUS307GEN. 27. APIS318INDEX363
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CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER IX.
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CHAPTER X.
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