Abeille's most famous work was Histoire des Os ("Description of the Bones"), which was published in 1685. He also wrote Le parfait chirurgien d'armée, le traité des playes d'arquebusade, le chapitre singulier tiré de Guidon, l'anatomie de la teste, Paris, 1696.
Camille Jordan was a French politician born in Lyon of a well-to-do mercantile family.
François Huber, also known as Francis in English publications or Franz in German publications was a Swiss entomologist who specialized in honey bees. His pioneering work was recognized all across Europe and based on thorough observation with the help of several assistants due to his blindness.
Jean Victor Audouin, sometimes Victor Audouin, was a French naturalist, an entomologist, herpetologist, ornithologist, and malacologist.
Ushant is a French island at the south-western end of the English Channel which marks the westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany and, in medieval terms, Léon. In lower tiers of government, it is a commune in the Finistère department. It is the only place in Brittany, save for Brittany itself, with a separate name in English.
The Battle of La Roche-l'Abeille occurred on 25 June 1569 between the Catholic forces of King Charles IX of France commanded by the Duke d’Anjou and the Huguenots commanded by the Admiral de Coligny during the "Third War" (1568–1570) of the French Wars of Religion.
Sablet is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
The A.M. was a range of automobiles manufactured by the French firm of Ateliers Veuve A. de Mesmay. The vehicles were produced in Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France, from 1906 to 1914 and marketed under the name Automobiles 'Abeille' de Mesmay. They were powered by petrol engines of various sizes made by the de Mesmay firm, all marketed under the 'Abeille' (En:'Bee') trade name. The same engines and chassis were used in the AML and AMC range of commercial vehicles.
Mesnay is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Elzéar Emmanuel Arène Abeille de Perrin was a French entomologist.
Louise-Félicité Guynement de Kéralio was a French writer and translator, originating from the minor Breton nobility. Her father was Louis-Félix Guynement de Kéralio who had served as tutor to the Prince of Parma together with Condillac and taught at the École Militaire until 1776. Her mother was Françoise Abeille. She was present at the court of Versailles between October 1777 and April 1782. She married Pierre-François-Joseph Robert, a politician, revolutionary and secretary to Georges Danton.
Georges de Layens was a French botanist and apiculturalist. He was the creator of a popular mobile beehive called the "Layens hive". The standard author abbreviation Layens is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
Salah Stétié was a Lebanese writer and poet who wrote in the French language. He also served in various diplomatic positions for Lebanon in countries such as Morocco and France. Although his mother tongue was Arabic, Stetie chose to write in French.
Armand Lanoux was a French writer.
Jules Desbrochers des Loges (1836, Béthune, Pas de Calais-10 August 1913, Tours was a French entomologist.
Jean-Claude Casadesus is a French conductor.
Scherzo fantastique, op. 3, composed in 1908, is the second orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky. It was written as pure symphonic music and was not inspired by Maurice Maeterlinck's 1901 essay "La Vie des Abeilles". Ten years later, Léo Staats adapted it as a ballet for the Opéra Garnier, with the title Les Abeilles, which was objected by Maeterlinck.
Adolphe Hercule de Graslin was a French entomologist.
Joseph Abeille was a French hydraulic and structural engineer. After 1730 he also worked as a municipal architect.
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