Bee Fly - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: bee flybee fly
any dipterous insect of the family Bombyliidae which eat nectar and in some cases resemble bees Their larvae are parasitic on the larvae of bees and other insects...
Bees
Bees, includes at any stage in their life cycle, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, 4th Edn., Para 529, p. 428.These are fer' natur' and the property in them is ratione soli; but a person retains the ownership in a swarm which flies from his land so long as he can keep them in sight and has the power to pursue them, even though the pursuit involve a trespass. If they take refuge on the land of another and he in due course reclaims them, then that person obtains a property in them propter industriam. See 2 Bl. Com. 392. The negligent keeping of bees in unreasonable numbers, at an unreasonable place, and with appreciable danger will render their owner liable for damage which they may cause, O'Gorman v. O'Gorman (1903) 2 IR 573. As to the bee pest in Ireland, see (English) Bee Pest Prevention (Ireland) Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 34)....
Bombyliidae
a natural family of dipterous insects comprising the bee flies...
Drone fly
A dipterous insect Eristalis tenax resembling the drone bee See Eristalis...
Infest
Infest, according to Webster's New World Diction-ary 'infest' means 'to overrun or inhabit in large numbers, usually so as to be harmful or bother-some, swarm in or about'. According to that dictionary an 'insect' means 'any of a large group of small invertebrate animals characterised, in the adult state, by division of the body into head, thorax, and abdomen, three pairs of membranous wings: beetles, bees, flies, wasps, mosquitoes, etc. are insects'. According to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 'worm' means 'a slender, creeping, naked, limbless animal usually brown or reddish with a soft body divided into a series of segments; an earthworm'. According to that dictionary an 'insect' means 'a small invertebrate animal, usually having a body divided into segments, and several pairs of legs, and often winged'. According to Webster's Illustrated Contemporary Dictionary (Encyclopedic Edition), 'infest' means 'to overrun or spread in large numbers so as to be unpleasant or unsafe', St...
cuckoo bee
a bee parasitic in the larval stage in the nests of other bees feeding either upon their food or larvae They belong to the genera Nomada Melecta Epeolus and others...
Bee product
Bee product, means any natural product of the activities of bees (e.g. honey or beeswax) in its natural state, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, 4th Edn., Para 529, p. 528....
Fly for it
Fly for it. On a criminal trial in former times it was usual after the verdict, even if not guilty, to inquire also: 'Did he fly for it ?' Forfeiture of goods followed a conviction upon such inquiry. This practice, after having been long discontinued, was generally abolished by the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28), s. 5. There is a saying, Fatetur facinus qui judicium fugit (3 Inst. 14)-'He who flies from justice confesses his guilt.'...
Bee eater
A bird of the genus Merops that feeds especially on bees The European species Merops apiaster is remarkable for its brilliant colors...
Bee line
The shortest line from one place to another like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey an air line...
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