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... BEES AS A BODY POLITIC " The aged Professor of the Mesmeric art . " - A youthful Queen - Bee under the benevolising operation of a mesmerising Nurse - worker of her race , a practitioner in Phreno - magnetism : -an allegory of the ...
... BEES AS A BODY POLITIC " The aged Professor of the Mesmeric art . " - A youthful Queen - Bee under the benevolising operation of a mesmerising Nurse - worker of her race , a practitioner in Phreno - magnetism : -an allegory of the ...
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... Bees , which , according to an accredited relation , be- came revivified under process of boiling with their combs 211 212 27. A SYLVAN MORALITY , OR A WORD TO WIVES " Arrayed in likeness of the Faery Queen . " - Acheta domestica in his ...
... Bees , which , according to an accredited relation , be- came revivified under process of boiling with their combs 211 212 27. A SYLVAN MORALITY , OR A WORD TO WIVES " Arrayed in likeness of the Faery Queen . " - Acheta domestica in his ...
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... Bee . " - A Maternal " Upholstress " shaping the material of her leaf - lined nest , which , in form of a cradle , is represented near her 38. FATHER LONGLEGS AND HIS FAMILY " How vast ( to an emmet ) its stupendous elevation ! " - A ...
... Bee . " - A Maternal " Upholstress " shaping the material of her leaf - lined nest , which , in form of a cradle , is represented near her 38. FATHER LONGLEGS AND HIS FAMILY " How vast ( to an emmet ) its stupendous elevation ! " - A ...
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... Bee , one too bulky for entrance at the spring door of the Snapdragon , leading to its nectary , bores a hole at the bottom of the floral cask to obtain its honeyed wine . 50. THE SPIRITS OF HEARTH AND HOME 403 . 404 . 413 " Memory ...
... Bee , one too bulky for entrance at the spring door of the Snapdragon , leading to its nectary , bores a hole at the bottom of the floral cask to obtain its honeyed wine . 50. THE SPIRITS OF HEARTH AND HOME 403 . 404 . 413 " Memory ...
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... has benumbed them with his icy paw , and keeps them unconscious prisoners within the earth or waters . We may still discourse , it is true , of torpid Bees , of sleeping と B 4 THE NEWBORN YEAR . Ants , of buried Beetles.
... has benumbed them with his icy paw , and keeps them unconscious prisoners within the earth or waters . We may still discourse , it is true , of torpid Bees , of sleeping と B 4 THE NEWBORN YEAR . Ants , of buried Beetles.
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EPISODES OF INSECT LIFE L. M. Miss] [Budgen,J. G. (John George) 1827-1889 Wood No preview available - 2016 |
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accustomed admirable amongst animal antennæ Ants Aphides Aphis appear aurelian autumn beautiful Bedeguars Bees beetle beneath body branch bright brown busy Butterfly called caterpillar cells chrysalis Cicada colour common creature cricket curious dark devouring DRONE BEES earth eggs employed Entomology eyes fancy father favourite female flies flowers Gall-fly galls garden gnat Goat Moth green grub habits head hive honey Ichneumon insect instinct jaws Kirby labour lady Lady-bird larva larvæ latter leaf leaves legs Lepidoptera less light living look morning Moth naturalist nature nest notice observed occupant ocelli Ogre pair parasitic perfect perhaps pinions pretty prey pupa queen Réaumur resembling rose scarcely seemed seen silk silken slender small Tortoiseshell social caterpillars species spider spring summer suppose surface sweet tail Tetragnatha extensa thou Tineida tree tribe usually vegetable Vignette walls Wasp wherein wingless wings wood yellow