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O give a complete bibliography of the bee were outside the scope of this book; we shall be satisfied, therefore, merely to indicate the more interesting works:—

(a) The ancient writers: Aristotle, "History of Animals" (Trans. Bart. St. Hilaire); T. Varro, "De Agricultura," L. III. xvi.; Pliny, "Hist. Nat.," L. xi.; Columella, "De Re Rustica;" Palladius, "De Re Rustica," L. I. xxxvii., etc.

(b) The moderns: Swammerdam, "Biblia Naturæ," 1737; Maraldi, "Observations sur les Abeilles," 1712; Réaumur, "Mémoires pour servir a l'Histoire des Insectes," 1740; Ch. Bonnet, "Œuvres d'Histoire Naturelle," 1779–1783; A. G. Schirach, "Physikalische 423