Observations on the Natural History of Bees - Francis Huber.pdf

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OBSERVATIONS
ON
THE
NATURAL
HISTORY
OF
BY
FRANCIS H
TIBER.
A
NEW
EDITION,
WITH
A
MEMOIR
OP
THE
AUTHOR,
PRACTICAL
APPENDIX,
AND
ANALYTICAL
INDEX
ILLUSTRATED
WITH
ENGRAVINGS.
LONDON':
PRINTED
FOR
THOMAS
TEGG,
73,
CHEAPSIDE,
MDCCCXM
Bo
far
as
.the
Publisher
is
aware,
nearly
twen-
ty
years
have
elapsed
since
the
last
English
edition
of
Huberts
Observations
on
Bees
was
given
to
the
Public.
Under
these
circumstances,
the
acknowledged
importance
of
Ruber's
discove-
ries
renders
any
apology
unnecessary
for
the
appearance
of
this
Edition,
which
it
is
hoped
will
be
found
more
accurate
and
complete
than
any
other
previously
published.
The
text
has
been
carefully
revised
and
rendered
more
agree-
able
to
the
English
idiom
than
that
of
for-
mer
translations.
A'
copious
Appendix,
has
been
added,
containing
information
on
several
branches
of
Practical
Management,
hitherto
re-
garded
by
many
Bee-Masters
as
a
desideratum
to
the
original
Observations,
also
prefixed
The
Publisher
has
an
Abridgment
of
De
Candolle's
Memoir
of
the
Author,
considering
such
as
necessary
to
the
perfection
of
the
mitable
ardour
and
genius
of
Huber.
lytical
Work—
at
An
Ana-
the
same
time
as
a
merited
tribute
to
the
indo-
Index
has
likewise
been
compiled,
which
will
be
found
not
only
to
facilitate
reference,
but
to
afford
a
very
satisfactory
synopsis
of
the
volume
<•
TRANSLATOR'S
PREFACE.
The
facts
contained
in
this
volume
are
deeply
interesting
to
the
naturalist.
They
not
only
elucidate
the
history
of
those
industrious
crea-
tures
whose
properties
are
the
peculiar
subject
of
investigation,
but
they
present
some
new
and
singular
features
in
animal
physiology,
hitherto
unknown,
and
even
unsuspected.
In
all
countries,
and
in
every
age,
the
labour
of
bees
has
proved
a
fertile
source
of
admiration,
and
mankind
have
endeavoured
unremittingly
to
convert
it
to
gratification
or
emolument.
What
can
be
more
wonderful,
indeed,
than
to
witness
an
insect
of
such
apparent
insignificance
rendering
each
different
flower
tributary
to
it-
self
or
the
necessities
of
its
young,
and
fabri-
cating
structures
which
no
human
art
can
ap-
proach
or
imitate
of
its
!
But
it
is
from
the
impulse
efforts
propensities,
and
from
the
united
of
myriads,
that
we
are
enabled
to
gain
those
valuable
products,
which
otherwise
would
be
utterly
unattainable*

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