Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social hymenoptera / by Sir John Lubbock.

  • Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913.
Date:
1882
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social hymenoptera / by Sir John Lubbock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bates, Dr. Gunther, ]\Ir. Kirby, and Mr. Waterhouse, for their kind assistance in the preparation of the plates. As regards bees and wasps, I have confined myself * for want of space to the simple record of my own observations. I am fully conscious that experiments conducted as mine have been leave much to be desired, and are scarcely fair upon the ants. In them native haunts and under natural conditions, more especially in warmer climates, they may well be expected not only to manifest a more vivid life, but to develop higher powers. I hope, however, that my volume will at least show the great interest of the subject, and the numerous problems which still remain to be solved. High Elms, Down, Kent: October 18, 1881.