The World's Encyclopedia of Wonders and Curiosities

Everything a Victorian found astonishing, gathered into one enormous volume — burning springs and buried cities, freaks of storm and flood, the habits of bees and the manners of nations, filed under headings like “Curiosities Respecting Man.”

The Honey Bee

9 pages in this part of Wonders and Curiosities.

The Honey Bee

To their delicious task the fervent bees, In swarming millions, tend; around, athwart, Through the soft air the busy nations fly, Cling to…

Curiosities Respecting Insects (Cells are formed to hold it)

cells are formed to hold it as a store, and some eggs are laid, which, when hatched, will require this substance as food, and which will be…

Curiosities Respecting Insects: Huber (M Huber after noticing)

M. Huber, after noticing the propagation of this industrious race, next states the accidental discovery of the very singular and unexpected…

Wild Bees

The Clothier Bee. -The Carpenter Bee.The Mason Bee.The Upholsterer Bee. - The Leaf-cutter Bee. - Curious Account of an Idiot Boy and Bees…

The Clothier Bee

Learn each small people's genius, policies, The ants' republic, and the realm of bees; How those in common all their wealth bestow And…

Curiosities Respecting Insects (Since twice found them It)

since twice found them. It should seem, however, that such situations would be too cold for the grubs without a coating of some…

The Carpenter Bee

the tunnel, what may be called an annular stage or scaffolding When this is sufficiently hardened, its interior eage affords support for a…

Curiosities Respecting Bees

grain, from such as contain some mixture of earth; these grains she glues together with her viscid saliva into masses the size of small…

The Leaf-Cutter Bee

of flowers or of leaves. Amongst the most interesting of these is Apis Papaveris, (Megachile, Latr., Anthophora, F.) a species whose…

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