This volume contains a detailed guide on bee-keeping, with 16 page
plates and over one hundred illustrations. Containing everything a
prospective or existing bee-keeper needs to know about the practice,
this timeless text will be of much value to anyone with an interest in
the subject and constitutes a worthy addition to collections of antique
bee-keeping literature. The chapters of this book include: 'History of
Bee-Keeping', 'Natural History of the Honey Bee', 'Hive Life', 'Frame
Hives', 'Position of the Hive', 'Buying Bees', 'Building up and
Supering', 'Robbing and Fighting', 'Wintering', 'Spring Management',
'The Honeyflow and Swarming Time', 'Artificial Swarming', etcetera. Many
antique books such as this are becoming increasingly costly and hard to
come by, and it is with this in mind that we are proudly republishing
this book here complete with a new introduction on bee-keeping.