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Arachnida

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• Arthropoda

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• Arachnida as carriers of disease
• Mites
• Pseudoscorpions
• Spiders

• Arachnids

• Some Hawaiian Oribatoidea (Acarina) (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin #121; Honolulu: The Museum, 1934), by Arthur Paul Jacot (PDF at bishopmuseum.org)

• Cotton Insects and Mites: Characterization and Management (Memphis: Cotton Foundation, 1996), ed. by Edgar George King, Jacob R. Phillips, and Randy J. Coleman (PDF files with commentary at cotton.org)

• A Manual of Mesostigmatid Mites Parasitic on Vertebrates (Contribution #4 of the Institute of Acarology, University of Maryland, 1958), by Russell William Strandtmann and G. W. Wharton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nearctic Mites of the Family Pseudoleptidae (plates omitted; Los Angeles: Southern California Academy of Sciences, 1949), by E. A. McGregor (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Key to the Centipedes of the Chicago Area (reprinted with other arthropod-related papers from the Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, 1951-1964), contrib. by Stanley I. Auerbach, Orlando Park, Joseph H. Camin, Tyler A. Woolley, Harold G. Higgins, Russell W. Strandtmann, and David R. Lauck (page images at HathiTrust)

• Nearctic Mites of the Family Pseudoleptidae (plates omitted; Los Angeles: Southern California Academy of Sciences, 1949), by E. A. McGregor (page images at HathiTrust)

• Some Hawaiian Oribatoidea (Acarina) (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin #121; Honolulu: The Museum, 1934), by Arthur Paul Jacot (PDF at bishopmuseum.org)

• The Arachnid Order Chelonethida (Stanford: Stanford University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1931), by Joseph C. Chamberlin (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Life of the Spider, by Jean-Henri Fabre, trans. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (Gutenberg text)
• Book of Monsters (Washington: National Geographic Society, 1914), by David Fairchild and Marian Fairchild
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• A Guide to the Common Spiders of Illinois (popular science series v10; Springfield, IL: Illinois State Museum, c1992), by Bennett Moulder (page images at HathiTrust)

• Down Spider Web Lane (New York: Barse and Hopkins, c1909), by Mary Dickerson Donahey, illust. by Gertrude A. Kay (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)
• Pat and the Spider: The Biter Bit (Toronto: Musson Book Co., ca. 1905), by Helen Bannerman
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Pat and the Spider: The Biter Bit (Toronto: Musson Book Co., ca. 1905), by Helen Bannerman
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies (Philadelphia: G. W. Jacobs and Co., 1895), by Henry C. McCook (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• The Spiders of Porto Rico (3 parts in 2 volumes of Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences; 1929-1930), by Alexander Petrunkevitch (page images at HathiTrust)

• Systematics of the Spider Family Deinopidae With a Revision of the Genus Menneus (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2012), by Jonathan A. Coddington, Matjaž Kuntner, and Brent D. Opell (PDF with commentary at Smithsonian)

• Systematics of the Spider Family Deinopidae With a Revision of the Genus Menneus (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2012), by Jonathan A. Coddington, Matjaž Kuntner, and Brent D. Opell (PDF with commentary at Smithsonian)

• On Spiders of the Family Attidae Found in Jamaica (extract from the Proceedings of the Zooloogical Society of London, 1901), by George W. Peckham and Elizabeth G. Peckham (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• A Textbook of Arthropod Anatomy (Ithaca, NY: Comstock Pub. Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, c1952), by R. E. Snodgrass (PDF and EPub with commentary at Cornell Open)

• Insect Architecture (London: Bell and Daldy, 1869), by James Rennie, ed. by J. G. Wood (images at HathiTrust)
• Social Life in the Insect World (London: T. F. Unwin, 1919), by Jean-Henri Fabre, trans. by Bernard Miall (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• A Sister's Stories (Kirkby Lonsdale: Arthur Foster; London: L.B. Seeley and Sons, 1833), by Selina Martin (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Bee Who Would Not Work (Philadelphia: Pub. for the Public Ledger by P. F. Volland and Co., 1916), by Charlotte B. Herr, illust. by Frances Beem (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)
• The Children's Life of the Bee (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1919), by Maurice Maeterlinck, ed. by Alfred Sutro and Herschel Williams, illust. by Edward Julius Detmold (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• 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)

• Social Life in the Insect World (London: T. F. Unwin, 1919), by Jean-Henri Fabre, trans. by Bernard Miall (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• 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)
• Het Leven der Bijen (in Dutch; Amsterdam: C. L. G. Veldt, n.d.), by Maurice Maeterlinck, trans. by G. M. van der Wissel-Herderschee (Gutenberg text)
• La Vie des Abeilles (in French; Paris: Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1901), by Maurice Maeterlinck (Gutenberg text)
• 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)
• Mehiläisten Elämä (in Finnish), by Maurice Maeterlinck, trans. by Anna Fieandt (Gutenberg text)
• 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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