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• Bees -- Behavior

• The Miracle in the Ant, by Hârun Yahya (multiple formats at harunyahya.info)

• New Observations on The Natural History of Bees (London: Printed for J. Anderson, 1806), by François Huber
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at Cornell
• A Practical Treatise on the Hive and Honey-Bee (third edition; New York: C.M. Saxton, 1863), by L. L. Langstroth (multiple formats at archive.org)

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• Notice Sur les Travaux Scientifiques (in French; 1896), by Charles Janet (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Miracle in the Ant, by Hârun Yahya (multiple formats at harunyahya.info)

• The Miracle in the Ant, by Hârun Yahya (multiple formats at harunyahya.info)

• Consider Her Ways (1947), by Frederick Philip Grove (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• The Ants of Timothy Thümmel (London: J. Cape, c1924), by Árpád Ferenczy, contrib. by Evelyn Cheesman and Horace St. John Kelly Donisthorpe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Ants of Fiji (Berkeley et al.: University of California Press, c2012), by Eli M. Sarnat and Evan P. Economo (Javascript-dependent page images at escholarship.org)

• Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of New York City (Raleigh, NC: Your Wild Life, c2014), by Eleanor Spicer Rice and Rob R. Dunn, illust. by Alexander L. Wild (iBook and PDF at yourwildlife.org)

• Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants (c2011), by Eleanor Spicer Rice, contrib. by Rob R. Dunn, illust. by Alexander L. Wild (iBook and PDF at yourwildlife.org)

• Anatomie de la Tête du Lasius Niger (in French; Limoges: Ducourtieux et Gout, 1905), by Charles Janet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only; some foldouts not fully scanned)

• What Does the Honeybee See? And How Do We Know? A Critique of Scientific Reason (2009), by G. Adrian Horridge (PDF with commentary at ANU E Press)
• Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keeper's Manual (Northampton, MA: Hopkins, Bridgman and Co., 1853), by L. L. Langstroth
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at Cornell
• Mysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained: Being a Complete Analysis of the Whole Subject, Consisting of the Natural History of Bees, Directions for Obtaining the Greatest Amount of Pure Surplus Honey With the Least Possible Expense, Remedies for Losses Given, and the Science of "Luck" Fully Illustrated--the Result of More Than Twenty Years' Experience in Extensive Apiaries (New York: C. M. Saxton, 1853), by M. Quinby
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at Cornell
• A Practical Treatise on the Hive and Honey-Bee (third edition; New York: C.M. Saxton, 1863), by L. L. Langstroth (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Better Beekeeping: or, How We Made Bees Pay (Huntington, Ind., W. H. Ball Print. Corp., c1936), by David Franklin Rankin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American Bee Keeper's Manual: Being a Practical Treatise on the History and Domestic Economy of the Honey Bee (fourth edition; New York: C. M. Saxton and Co., 1857), by T. B. Miner
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at Cornell
• The Honey-Bee: Its Natural History, Physiology and Management (London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1827), by Edward Bevan (page images at Cornell)
• Humanity to Honey Bees: or, Practical Directions for the Management of Honey Bees Upon an Improved And Humane Plan, By Which the Lives of Bees May Be Preserved, and Abundance of Honey of a Superior Quality May Be Obtained (Wisbech, UK: Printed by H. and J. Leach for the author, 1832), by Thomas Nutt (page images at Cornell)
• La Ruche "Minimax", Brevetée S. G. D. G.: Minimum de Travail, Maximum de Rendement, Méthode Perfectionnée d'Apiculture Simpliste, Intensive et Productive (in French; 1920-1921), by P. Bernard
  • 1920 main volume: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • 1921 supplement: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• L'Apiculture Simpliste (2 volumes in French; Paris: Librairie et Imprimerie Horticoles, 1910), by Sylviac (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained: Being a Complete Analysis of the Whole Subject, Consisting of the Natural History of Bees, Directions for Obtaining the Greatest Amount of Pure Surplus Honey With the Least Possible Expense, Remedies for Losses Given, and the Science of "Luck" Fully Illustrated--the Result of More Than Twenty Years' Experience in Extensive Apiaries (New York: C. M. Saxton, 1853), by M. Quinby
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at Cornell
• The Natural History of Bees: Comprehending the Uses and Economical Management of the British and Foreign Honey-Bee, Together With the Known Wild Species, Illustrated By Thirty-six Plates Coloured from Nature, With Portrait and Memoir of Huber (Naturalist's library, Entomology, v6; Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; et al., 1840), by William Dunbar (page images at Cornell)
• Small Scale Beekeeping, by Curtis Gentry (illustrated HTML at telus.net)
• The Bee-keeper's Directory: or, The Theory and Practice of Bee Culture, in All its Departments, the Result of Eighteen Years Personal Study of Their Habits and Instincts (San Francisco: H. H Bancroft and Co., 1861), by J. S. Harbison (page images at Cornell)
• The Bee-Keeper's Text-Book: or Facts in Bee Keeping; With Alphabetical Index, Being a Complete Reference Book on All Practical Subjects Connected with the Culture of the Honey Bee in Both Common and Movable-Comb Hives, Giving Minute Directions for the Management of Bees in Every Month of the Year, and Illustrating the Nucleus System of Swarming (Cleveland: Viets and Savage, 1864), by N. H. King and H. A. King (page images at Cornell)
• Fifty Years Among the Bees (Medina, OH: A. I. Root Co., 1911), by C. C. Miller (page images at Cornell)
• Las Abejas (second edition, in Spanish; Mexico City: Secretaria de Fomento, 1912), by J. de Boer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Las Abejas (third edition, in Spanish; Mexico City: Secretaria de Fomento, 1916), by J. de Boer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Manual of the Apiary (1876), by Albert John Cook (page images at Cornell)
• A Description of the Bar-and-Frame Hive, Invented by W. Augustus Munn, Esa.; With an Abstract of Wildman's Complete Guide for the Management of Bees Throughout the Year (London: J. Van Voorst, 1844), by W. Augustus Munn, contrib. by Daniel Wildman (page images at Cornell)

• What Does the Honeybee See? And How Do We Know? A Critique of Scientific Reason (2009), by G. Adrian Horridge (PDF with commentary at ANU E Press)
• The Bee Hunter (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1949), by George Harold Edgell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Bee-keeper's Directory: or, The Theory and Practice of Bee Culture, in All its Departments, the Result of Eighteen Years Personal Study of Their Habits and Instincts (San Francisco: H. H Bancroft and Co., 1861), by J. S. Harbison (page images at Cornell)
• The Bee-Keeper's Text-Book: or Facts in Bee Keeping; With Alphabetical Index, Being a Complete Reference Book on All Practical Subjects Connected with the Culture of the Honey Bee in Both Common and Movable-Comb Hives, Giving Minute Directions for the Management of Bees in Every Month of the Year, and Illustrating the Nucleus System of Swarming (Cleveland: Viets and Savage, 1864), by N. H. King and H. A. King (page images at Cornell)
• Bramble-Bees and Others, by Jean-Henri Fabre, trans. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (Gutenberg text)
• The Feminine Monarchie, or, The Historie of Bees (London: Printed by Iohn Haviland for R. Jackson, 1623), by Charles Butler
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at Cornell
• Fifty Years Among the Bees (Medina, OH: A. I. Root Co., 1911), by C. C. Miller (page images at Cornell)
• Las Abejas (second edition, in Spanish; Mexico City: Secretaria de Fomento, 1912), by J. de Boer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Las Abejas (third edition, in Spanish; Mexico City: Secretaria de Fomento, 1916), by J. de Boer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Life of the Bee, by Maurice Maeterlinck, trans. by Alfred Sutro
  • HTML at kellscraft.com
  • Gutenberg text
• The Life of the Bee (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1921), by Maurice Maeterlinck, trans. by Alfred Sutro (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manual of the Apiary (1876), by Albert John Cook (page images at Cornell)
• New Observations on The Natural History of Bees (London: Printed for J. Anderson, 1806), by François Huber
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at Cornell
• ABC de L'Apiculture: Encyclopédie De Tout Ce Qui A Rapport à l'Abeille, Miel, Ruches, Instruments, Plantes Mellifères, etc., Résultats D'observations et d'Expériences De Milliers D'apiculteurs, Contrôlées Ensuite Par Un Travail Pratique Dans Nos Propres Ruchers (second edition, in French; Paris: E. Bondonneau, 1909), by A. I. Root and E. R. Root (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The ABC of Bee Culture: A Cyclopaedia of Everything Pertaining to the Care of the Honey-Bee: Bees, Honey, Hives, Implements, Honey-Plants, etc.; Facts Gleaned From the Experiences of Thousands of Bee Keepers All Over Our Land, Afterward Verified by Practice Work in Our Own Apiary (100th thousand; Medina, OH: A. I. Root Co., 1905), by A. I. Root and E. R. Root (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The American Bee Keeper's Manual: Being a Practical Treatise on the History and Domestic Economy of the Honey Bee (fourth edition; New York: C. M. Saxton and Co., 1857), by T. B. Miner
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at Cornell
• Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers, by John Burroughs (Gutenberg text)
• A Description of the Bar-and-Frame Hive, Invented by W. Augustus Munn, Esa.; With an Abstract of Wildman's Complete Guide for the Management of Bees Throughout the Year (London: J. Van Voorst, 1844), by W. Augustus Munn, contrib. by Daniel Wildman (page images at Cornell)
• El ABC y XYZ de la Apicultura (in Spanish; Medina, OH: A. I. Root Co., 1914), by A. I. Root and E. R. Root, trans. by Otto Hollender (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Honey-Bee: Its Natural History, Physiology and Management (London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1827), by Edward Bevan (page images at Cornell)
• Humanity to Honey Bees: or, Practical Directions for the Management of Honey Bees Upon an Improved And Humane Plan, By Which the Lives of Bees May Be Preserved, and Abundance of Honey of a Superior Quality May Be Obtained (Wisbech, UK: Printed by H. and J. Leach for the author, 1832), by Thomas Nutt (page images at Cornell)
• La Ruche "Minimax", Brevetée S. G. D. G.: Minimum de Travail, Maximum de Rendement, Méthode Perfectionnée d'Apiculture Simpliste, Intensive et Productive (in French; 1920-1921), by P. Bernard
  • 1920 main volume: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • 1921 supplement: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• L'Apiculture Simpliste (2 volumes in French; Paris: Librairie et Imprimerie Horticoles, 1910), by Sylviac (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Natural History of Bees: Comprehending the Uses and Economical Management of the British and Foreign Honey-Bee, Together With the Known Wild Species, Illustrated By Thirty-six Plates Coloured from Nature, With Portrait and Memoir of Huber (Naturalist's library, Entomology, v6; Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; et al., 1840), by William Dunbar (page images at Cornell)
• A Treatise Concerning the Right Use and Ordering of Bees: Newlie Made and Set Forth According to the Authors Owne Experience (Which By Any Heretofore Hath Not Been Done (London: T. Orwin for T. Woodcocke, 1593), by Edmund Southerne (page images at HathiTrust)

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