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Letter, 'On Mr Debraw's improvement in bee-culture' from Nathaniel Polhill to John Belchier

Reference number: L&P/7/6

Date: 11 October 1777

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Nathaniel Polhill, Esq. Member of Parliament for the Borough of Southwark, to Mr. John Belchier, F. R. S. on Mr. Debraw's improvements in the culture of bees'

Read 22 January 1778

Reference number
L&P/7/6
Earliest possible date
11 October 1777
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'On Mr Debraw's improvement in bee-culture' from Nathaniel Polhill to John Belchier, 11 October 1777, L&P/7/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_6/letter-on-mr-debraws-improvement-in-bee-culture-from-nathaniel-polhill-to-john-belchier, accessed on 15 October 2026

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