The Mason-Bees: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Mason-Bees, credited to Jean-Henri Fabre, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Mason-Bees by Jean-Henri Fabre. (Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.) Read in English by Bellona Times This is more than a book about bees and their lives; the author talks about his cats, red ants, and insect psychology in general. Jean Henri Fabre also made waves in his native 19th Century France by insisting that girls be included in his science classes, so I dedicate this recording to certain young women who risk their lives or even the less important attentions of boys simply to learn. - Summary by BellonaTimes

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Mason-Bees
• Author credits: Jean-Henri Fabre
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 7:28:33

Catalogue topics

• animals
• science
• insects

Track guide

1. 00 - Translator's Note — 2:59
2. 01 - Chapter 1 - The Mason-Bees — 42:20
3. 02 - Chapter 2 - Experiments — 35:58
4. 03 - Chapter 3 - Exchanging the Nests — 24:56
5. 04 - Chapter 4 - More Enquiries Into Mason-Bees — 50:50
6. 05 - Chapter 5 - The Story of My Cats — 21:26
7. 06 - Chapter 6 - The Red Ants — 48:48
8. 07 - Chapter 7 - Some Reflections Upon Insect Psychology — 46:08
9. 08 - Chapter 8 - Parasites — 40:16
10. 09 - Chapter 9 - The Theory of Parasitism — 48:13
11. 10 - Chapter 10 - The Tribulations of the Mason-Bee — 39:16
12. 11 - Chapter 11 - The Leucopses — 47:23

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