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• The Mason-Bees, by Jean-Henri Fabre, trans. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (Gutenberg text)

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

• 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)

• 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)

• Bee-Breeding in the West (Cincinnati: E. Lucas, 1841), by Thomas Affleck (page images at Cornell)

• Historical Notes on the Causes of Bee Diseases (USDA Bureau of Entomology bulletin #98; Washington: GPO, 1912), by Everett Franklin Phillips and G. F. White
  • multiple formats at archiver.org
  • page images at Cornell

• The Reformed Common-Wealth of Bees: Presented In Severall Letters and Observations To Sammuel Hartlib; With The Reformed Virginian Silk-Worm, Containing Many Excellent and Choice Secrets, Experiments, and Discoveries For Attaining of National and Private Profits and Riches (London: Printed for G. Calvert, 1655), by Samuel Hartlib
  • HTML at EEBO TCP
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at Cornell
• A Theatre of Politicall Flying-Insects: Wherein Especially the Nature, the Worth, the Work, the Wonder, and the Manner of Right-Ordering of the Bee, is Discovered and Described (London: Printed by R. I. for T. Parkhurst, 1657), by Samuel Purchas (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Discourse Intended to Commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus: Delivered at the Request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts, on the 23d day of October, 1792, Being the Completion of the Third Century Since That Memorable Event; To Which Are Added Four Dissertations (Boston: Belknap and Hall, 1792), by Jeremy Belknap
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • HTML at Evans TCP

• Kupsnickaren (in Swedish; 1919), by Alexander Lundgren (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A Méh (third edition, in Hungarian; Budapest: Patria Literary Venture and Printing Press Reszvenytarsasag, 1914), by Ambrózy Béla Báró (page images at HathiTrust)

• Alice in Beeland (New York: Cupples and Leon, c1919), by Lillian Elizabeth Roy, illust. by Julia Greene (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Owl and the Bee (Akron et al.: Saalfield Pub. Co., c1917) (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)
• Across the Common After Wild Flowers (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1895), by M. C. Cooke (page images at ufl.edu)

• 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)

• Die Biene und ihre Zucht (selected volumes of a German bee culture journal, 1873-1922; US access only for post-1879 volumes) (partial serial archives)
• Wisconsin Beekeeping, by Wisconsin State Beekeepers Association (partial serial archives)

• 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)

• Descriptions of Brazilian Honey Bees Belonging to the Genera Melipona and Trigona, Which Were Exhibited, Together with Samples of Their Honey and Wax, in the Brazilian Court of the International Exhibition of 1862 (offprint from Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1862-1864 volume), by Frederick Smith
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • as published in the Transactions: multiple formats at Google

• The Nest Architecture of the Sweat Bees (Halictinae): A Comparative Study of Behavior (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 1962), by Shōichi Sakagami and Charles D. Michener (page images at HathiTrust)

• 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)

• Classification of the Old Family Chalcididae (offprint from Proceedings of the Entomological Society, v4, 1899), by William H. Ashmead
  • offprint: page images at HathiTrust; US access only; text may be very light
  • as published in the journal volume: page images at biodiversitylibrary.org

• Classification of the Old Family Chalcididae (offprint from Proceedings of the Entomological Society, v4, 1899), by William H. Ashmead
  • offprint: page images at HathiTrust; US access only; text may be very light
  • as published in the journal volume: page images at biodiversitylibrary.org

More items available under broader and related terms at left.