New Observations on the Natural History of Bees - Couverture souple

Huber, Francis (Francois)

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 178139119X ISBN 13 : 9781781391198

Editeur : Benediction Classics, 2012

Synopsis

François Huber was a remarkable man, who although suffering from an illness that was gradually turning him blind, devoted his life to studying the life cycles of honey bees, using the scientific methods of close observation (often by proxy) and experimentation. His methods and results were recorded in a series of letters to the noted naturalist Charles Bonnet, later published in book form in Switzerland in 1792 and translated into English in 1806. This is a carefully hand-edited version of that book, which includes the analytical index, and the four black-and-white illustrations, moved from a single plate to the relevant places in the text for the reader's convenience.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The classic guide to the history, nature and keeping of bees.

“The natural history of the common bee has been more carefully examined, and more amply treated of than that of any other of the insect tribe. Yet so complicated and extraordinary are some of the processes of nature, that the most diligent observers were long utterly unable to account for some circumstances in the history of this insect, and published to the world the most opposite explanations. Several of the most important and intricate problems, however, seem now to be finally resolved by the Genevese observer M. Huber, of whose valuable little work we purpose to lay before our readers a pretty full analysis. We regard the facts contained in this volume as extremely important to the naturalist; for they not only greatly elucidate the history of this wonderful insect, but present some singular facts in physiology hitherto unknown, and even unsuspected.” -The Edinburgh Review, Volume 11, October, 1807

*On the impregnation of the queen bee

*On M. Schirach's discovery

*Experiments proving that there are sometimes common bees which lay fertile eggs

*On the combats of queens; the massacre of the males; and what succeeds in a hive where a stranger queen is substituted for the natural one

*Sequel of observations on the reception of a stranger queen; M. de Reaumur's observations on the subject

*Is the queen oviparous? What influence has the size of the cells where the eggs are deposited on the bees produced? Researches on the mode of spinning the cocoons

*On the formation of swarms

*Additional observations on queens that lay only the eggs of drones, and on those deprived of the antenna

*Economical considerations on bees

Biographie de l'auteur

François Huber (July 2, 1750 – December 22, 1831) was a Swiss naturalist. He was born at Geneva, of a family which had already made its mark in the literary and scientific world: his great-aunt, Marie Huber, was known as a voluminous writer on religious and theological subjects, and as the translator and epitomizer of The Spectator (Amsterdam, 3 vols., 1753); and his father Jean Huber (1721–1786), who had served for many years as a soldier, was a prominent member of the coterie at Ferney, distinguishing himself by his Observations sur le vol des oiseaux (Geneva, 1784). François Huber was only fifteen years old when he began to suffer from a disease which gradually resulted in total blindness; but, with the aid of his wife, Marie Aimée Lullin, and of his servant, François Burnens, he was able to carry out investigations that laid the foundations of a scientific knowledge of the life history of the honey bee. His Nouvelles Observations sur les Abeilles was published at Geneva in 1792 (Eng. trans., 1806). A second volume of work published along with the first came out in 1814 which covered many more subjects including the construction of comb and experiments on the respiration of bees. He assisted Jean Senebier in his Mém. sur l'influence de l'air, etc., dans la germination (Geneva, 1800); and he also wrote "Mém. sur l'origine de la cire" (Bibliothèque britannique, tome xxv.), a "Lettre a M. Pictet sur certains dangers que courent les abeilles" (Bib. brit. xxvii), and "Nouvelles Observ. rel. au sphinx Atropos" (Bib. brit. xxvii). He died at Lausanne on 22 December 1831. A. P. de Candolle gave his name to a genus of Brazilian trees—Huberia burma. (Wikipedia)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Benediction Classics
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 178139119X
• ISBN 13: 9781781391198
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 166
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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