James Allen Nelson

The Embryology of the Honey Bee James Allen Nelson

This vintage book contains a detailed handbook on honey bee embryology. With fantastic illustrations and in-depth information, "The Embryology of the Honey Bee" is not to be missed by those with an interest in bees and collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: "Historical Review", "Organisation of the Egg", "Cleavage", "Formation and Completion of the Blastoderm", "The Germ Layers", "Formation of the Mesoderm", "Formation of the Rudiments of the Mid-intestine", "The Amnion and the Cephalo-dorsal Body", "The Amnion", "The Cephalo-dorsal Body", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on Bee-keeping. First published in 1915.