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SINCE the death of Frederick Smith, probably no man has given more attention to the study of our British Hymenoptera Aculeata (the section of the order which contains stinging insects, such as bees, wasps, and ants, &c.) than Mr. E. Saunders. This order of insects is much less hackneyed than the Lepidoptera or Coleoptera, and Mr. Saunders's work will be very useful to beginners commencing the study of perhaps the largest order of insects of all, and also of the most interesting section, for there are only four groups of insects known which include species living in organised communities, three in Hymenoptera—bees, wasps, and ants—and only one in Neuroptera—the termites, improperly called white ants. The non-aculeate Hymenoptera, not here dealt with, are far more numerous, and are very imperfectly known or studied at present; they comprise the sawflies and gall flies, and also the ichneumons, and other parasitic insects, hundreds of which are of very small size, including among them the smallest known insects.
Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants, and other Stinging Insects.
Edward Saunders F.R.S. With numerous illustrations in the text and four coloured plates by Constance A. Saunders. Pp. xiii + 144. (London: Routledge and Sons, Ltd., n.d.) Price 3s. 6d.
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Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants, and other Stinging Insects . Nature 77, 220 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/077220a0
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