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... interesting facts less trite and common than those usually adduced , and equally adapted to his purpose . The Bee is , of all the social insects , the one whose in- stinct is most perfect , the only one whose habits are not carnivorous ...
... interesting facts less trite and common than those usually adduced , and equally adapted to his purpose . The Bee is , of all the social insects , the one whose in- stinct is most perfect , the only one whose habits are not carnivorous ...
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... private use convert the spoils ; Love of the stock first call'd her forth to roam , And to the stock she brings her booty home . CHURCHILL . Gotham , b . 3 . BLIGHTERS . ( APHIDES . ) THIS interesting genus of THE BEE . 15.
... private use convert the spoils ; Love of the stock first call'd her forth to roam , And to the stock she brings her booty home . CHURCHILL . Gotham , b . 3 . BLIGHTERS . ( APHIDES . ) THIS interesting genus of THE BEE . 15.
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Robert Hasell Newell. BLIGHTERS . ( APHIDES . ) THIS interesting genus of insects is the cause of blights in plants : they feed entirely on vegetables , which they destroy by exhausting the juices for their own support : for this pur ...
Robert Hasell Newell. BLIGHTERS . ( APHIDES . ) THIS interesting genus of insects is the cause of blights in plants : they feed entirely on vegetables , which they destroy by exhausting the juices for their own support : for this pur ...
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... interesting phenomenon . every Superstition , which has availed itself of thing for the purpose of painting its terrors and strengthening its tyranny over the human mind , has not suffered this little phenomenon to escape it . The ...
... interesting phenomenon . every Superstition , which has availed itself of thing for the purpose of painting its terrors and strengthening its tyranny over the human mind , has not suffered this little phenomenon to escape it . The ...
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... interesting observations on the nesting habits of the Fieldfare . After a long ramble through some very thick woods , our attention was attracted by the harsh cries of several birds , which we at first supposed must be shrikes , but ...
... interesting observations on the nesting habits of the Fieldfare . After a long ramble through some very thick woods , our attention was attracted by the harsh cries of several birds , which we at first supposed must be shrikes , but ...
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