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RefNoCLP/10iii/42/1
LevelItem
TitleManuscript, 'An account of a method lately found out in New England for discovering where the bees hive' by Paul Dudley
Date[1720]
DescriptionDudley describes a method of finding beehives by placing a plate of honey, sugar, or molasses in the woods, then observing the direction any attracted bees fly after smelling the honey and using this information to locate the hive.

Subject: Agriculture

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of a method lately found out in New-England, for discovering where the bees hive in the woods, in order to get their honey'.

Read to the Royal Society on 30 June 1720.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1720.0038
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 31 (1721), p 148
RelatedRecordCLP/10iii/42
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7811Dudley; Paul (1675 - 1751)1675 - 1751
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