Huber

Huber, FRANÇOIS, author of a book on the habits of bees, was born at Geneva, July 2, 1750, and died, 22d October 1830, at Pregny near his birthplace. At an early age he lost his eyesight, but with the assistance of his wife and an intelligent domestic he conducted a number of original and important observations on the habits of bees. His book first appeared as Lettres à Ch. Bonnet (1792); it was reprinted in 1796, and again in 1814, under the title of Nouvelles Observations sur les Abeilles. In his later years he derived important aid from his son, Jean Pierre (1777-1841), who wrote a valuable treatise on the Habits of Ants (1810).