Project Gutenberg 2008-08-28 Public domain in the USA. 82 Huber, François 1750 1831 Huber, Francis Huber, Francois New observations on the natural history of bees Produced by Louise Pryor, Steven Giacomelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University) "New Observations on the Natural History of Bees" by François Huber is a scientific publication written in the late 18th century. This work is a thorough exploration of bee behavior and reproduction, providing insights into their complex social structures and biological processes. The book appears to delve into multiple aspects of bees, particularly focusing on the impregnation of queen bees and the methods of experimentation that reveal their reproductive habits. The opening of the book introduces a series of letters addressed to a fellow naturalist, detailing Huber's observations and experiments on the fecundation of queen bees. Huber discusses his innovative methods for observing bee behaviors through specially designed hives that enable a clearer view of their activity, and he critiques existing theories about the reproduction of queens. He presents evidence supporting that queen bees are not self-impregnated but require copulation outside the hive, detailing various experiments that refute previous conjectures made by notable naturalists. This introductory section sets a scientific tone, aiming to clarify misconceptions and contribute original findings to the study of bees. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Bees QL Text Animals-Wild-Insects Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - General 358696 358679 2024-09-11T09:28:16.356744 2023-09-12T03:43:40.285221 text/html text/html 361318 2021-01-04T01:43:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 393555 2021-01-04T01:43:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 455402 2024-09-11T09:28:23.437675 application/epub+zip 460759 2024-09-11T09:28:18.405720 application/epub+zip 185792 2024-09-11T09:28:17.120694 application/epub+zip 791278 2024-09-11T09:28:27.284679 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 759591 2024-09-11T09:28:22.444701 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367525 2022-09-12T09:40:44.898320 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311356 311116 2024-09-11T09:28:15.415707 2023-09-12T03:43:39.684204 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 311164 2021-01-04T01:43:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 107558 2021-01-04T01:43:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 311241 2021-01-04T01:43:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 107517 2021-01-04T01:43:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20355 2024-09-11T09:28:27.430661 application/rdf+xml 16502 2024-09-11T09:28:17.495719 image/jpeg 3671 2024-09-11T09:28:17.314712 image/jpeg 454540 2024-09-11T09:28:16.398698 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia