Jean-Henri Fabre (1823 - 1915) was a French entomologist and author. He was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist. Fabre is probably best known for his findings in entomology for which he is considered to be the father of modern entomology. Fabre was an excellent teacher and his writing about the insects he loved in a biographical form made his works very entertaining to read. Mason bees are named from their habit of making compartments of mud in their nests, which are made in hollow reeds or holes in wood made by wood boring insects. Unlike honeybees they are solitary; every...

Jean-Henri Fabre (1823 - 1915) was a French entomologist and author. He was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist. Fabre is probably best known for his findings in entomology for which he is considered to be the father of modern entomology. Fabre was an excellent teacher and his writing about the insects he loved in a biographical form made his works very entertaining to read. The Table of contents includes The fable of the cigale and the ant, The cigale leaves its burrow, The song of the cigale, The cigale. the eggs and their hatching, The mantis. the chase, The mantis....

Jean-Henri Fabre (1823 - 1915) was a French entomologist and author. He was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist. Fabre is probably best known for his findings in entomology for which he is considered to be the father of modern entomology. Fabre was an excellent teacher and his writing about the insects he loved in a biographical form made his works very entertaining to read. Besides chapters on various flies, there are interspersed autobiographical chapters, which are quite interesting. The Table of Contents includes The harmas, The anthrax, Another prober (perforator), Larval...

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Fabre had many scholarly achievements. He was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist. However, he is probably best known for his findings in the field of entomology, the study of insects, and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology.

"Nouveaux souvenirs entomologiques" par Jean-Henri Fabre. Jean-Henri Fabre etait un homme de sciences, un humaniste, un naturaliste, un entomologiste eminent (1823-1915)."

"Souvenirs entomologiques" par Jean-Henri Fabre. Jean-Henri Fabre etait un homme de sciences, un humaniste, un naturaliste, un entomologiste eminent (1823-1915)."

"Bramble-Bees and Others" from Jean-Henri Fabre. French entomologist and author (1823-1915).