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Abbott, C:C. Swarming of a brood of winged 
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Balfour, Francis Maitland. On certain points 
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Baly, Joseph 8. Descriptions of a new genus 
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General classification and description of species of the 
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Bowditch, F: C. Habits of monohammus den- 
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Breitenbach, Wilhelm. Ueber die Function 
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Breitenbach, Wilhelm. Zur Systematik der 
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Consideration of the appendages of the proboscis as a 
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Brendel, F: Intelligence in canthon. (Amer. 
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Colman, A. R. Premium essay on the dis- 
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Treats (p. 328-331, fig. 3) of mange or itch — scabies — 
caused by sarcoptes suis, and gives a highly magnified figure 
of the insect. B: P. M. (1567) 
Cook, Albert J: A formidable bee-enemy, mu- 
tilla coccinia. (Amer. bee journ., 1879, y. 15, 
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Enters hives and kills and eats bees. 
the attacks of the bees. 
Seems not to mind 
Found from Mo. to Texas. 
A.J: C. (1568) 
Cook, Albert J: Another bee enemy, erax? 
(Amer. bee journ., 1879, v. 15, p. 399.) 
A species of erax from Louisiana kills bees ; described 
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Cook, Albert J: Bee enemy, séivetrus diana. 
(Amer. bee journ., 1879, v. 15, p. 370.) 
This bug sucks the blood from the bees in North Caro- 
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Cook, Albert J: Honey dew on the tamarack. 
(Amer. bee journ., 1879, v. 15, p. 553.) 
This nectar appears in great quantity, and is very attrac- 
tive to the bees. It is shown to come from the lachnus ca- 
ricifex. The character and habits of the louse are de- 
scribed. A.J: C. (1571) 
Cook, Albert J: Thelecanium of the tulip tree. 
(Amer. nat., May 1879, v. 13, p. 824-826, il.) 
Describes and figures females of lecanium tulipiferae, a 
new species found on Jiliodendron tulipifera, at Lansing, 
Michigan. Apis mellifica collects the exudation from this 
lecanium. How to destroy lecanium tulipiferae. 
G: D. (1572) 
Cook, Albert J: Parthenogenesis in the honey- 
bee. (Amer. nat., June 1879, v.15, p. 395-394.) 
Defense of Dzierzon’s theory of parthenogenesis of apis 
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of the queen bee and Dzierzon’s theory’? (Amer. nat., 
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