The Handy Book of Bees: Being a Practical Treatise on Their Profitable ManagementW. Blackwood and Sons, 1870 - 193 páginas |
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... Wood , whose book appeared some twelve years later , quotes my language , and adds that " this is a point to which it would be well if scientific men would give renewed attention . All the known facts appear at present to favour Mr ...
... Wood , whose book appeared some twelve years later , quotes my language , and adds that " this is a point to which it would be well if scientific men would give renewed attention . All the known facts appear at present to favour Mr ...
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... Wood- bury's conclusions . Difficulties as insurmountable rise up before the mind when it thinks of the mere will of the queen determining which eggs shall be laid male and which female in char- acter . And by what muscles , voluntary ...
... Wood- bury's conclusions . Difficulties as insurmountable rise up before the mind when it thinks of the mere will of the queen determining which eggs shall be laid male and which female in char- acter . And by what muscles , voluntary ...
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... woods from morn till dewy night , gathering up the sweets and pollen of flowers , storing the one in sacks , the other in baskets , returning to their home laden as donkeys with panniers , increasing their honey stores in weight from 2 ...
... woods from morn till dewy night , gathering up the sweets and pollen of flowers , storing the one in sacks , the other in baskets , returning to their home laden as donkeys with panniers , increasing their honey stores in weight from 2 ...
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... wood exposed to the rays of the sun . Doubtless , trees wounded may yield some . It is a very much harder substance than either wax or bee - bread . CHAPTER XIII . WATER . A VERY great deal of PROPOLIS . 57 CHAPTER XII CHAPTER X ...
... wood exposed to the rays of the sun . Doubtless , trees wounded may yield some . It is a very much harder substance than either wax or bee - bread . CHAPTER XIII . WATER . A VERY great deal of PROPOLIS . 57 CHAPTER XII CHAPTER X ...
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... wood . If Mr Quinby were to try the experiment , he would find that bees can build combs in great quantity without water , in a dark cellar , more readily than they hatch brood there . In spring months water is extensively used in hives ...
... wood . If Mr Quinby were to try the experiment , he would find that bees can build combs in great quantity without water , in a dark cellar , more readily than they hatch brood there . In spring months water is extensively used in hives ...
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The Handy Book of Bees: Being a Practical Treatise on Their Profitable ... A. Pettigrew Visualização integral - 1870 |
The Handy Book of Bees: Being a Practical Treatise on Their Profitable ... A. Pettigrew Visualização integral - 1870 |
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