A Book about Bees - Their History, Habits, and Instincts; Together with The First Principles of Modern Bee-Keeping for Young Readers

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This book contains a detailed guide to bees and bee-keeping, with chapters on history, anatomy, habits, common problems, and much more. Profusely illustrated and full of timeless information, A Book about Bees constitutes a must-read for modern bee-keepers and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage bee-keeping literature. Contents include: The Cottage Bee-keepers’ Home , Wild Bees and Flowers , Italian Bee , Queen, Worker, and Drone Bees , The Queen and Her Attendants , Queen Cells in Different Stages , The Cottager and his Bees , Hiving a Swarm , The Head, Thorax , Abdomen , Of a Bee , Wing of a Bee , Egg and Larvae of the Bee , etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on Bee-keeping.