Paper, 'An account of a method lately found out in New England for discovering where the bees hive' by Paul Dudley
Reference number: CLP/10iii/42
Date: 1720

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Dudley 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. One manuscript paper and one plate on reverse illustrating the method of finding beehives.
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.
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- CLP/10iii/42
- Earliest possible date
- 1720
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Paul Dudley, Paper, 'An account of a method lately found out in New England for discovering where the bees hive' by Paul Dudley, 1720, CLP/10iii/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10iii_42/paper-an-account-of-a-method-lately-found-out-in-new-england-for-discovering-where-the-bees-hive-by-paul-dudley, accessed on 06 February 2025
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Date: 31st December 1721
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1720.0038
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