TRANSLATOR'S NOTE 



TN THIS volume I have collected all the 

 ■*■ essays on Wild Bees scattered through the 

 Souvenirs entomologiques, with the exception 

 of those on the Mason-bees, which form the 

 contents of a separate volume bearing that 

 title. 



The first two essays on the Halicti (Chap- 

 ters XII. and XIII.) have already appeared 

 in an abbreviated form in The Life and Love 

 of the Insect, translated by myself and pub- 

 lished by Messrs. A. & C. Black (in America 

 by the Macmillan Co.) in 191 1. With the 

 greatest courtesy and kindness, Messrs. Black 

 have given me their permission to include 

 these three chapters in the present volume; 

 they did so without fee or consideration of 

 any kind, merely on my representation that 

 it would be a great pity if this uniform edi- 

 tion of Fabre's Works should be rendered in- 

 complete because certain essays formed part 

 of volumes of extracts previously published 

 in this country. Their generosity is almost 

 unparalleled in my experience; and I wish to 



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