Practical Bee Keeping and Honey Production

This vintage book contains a complete guide to bee-keeping, with information on hive construction and management, the natural history of bees, harvesting, swarming, and all other related aspects. Highly accessible and full of useful tips, "e;Practical Bee Keeping and Honey Production"e; will be of considerable utility to the modern reader with an interest in keeping bees, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "e;Bee Keeping"e;, "e;A Foreword"e;, "e;Bee Keeping As A Practical Proposition"e;, "e;How Bees Work"e;, "e;The Modern Beehive"e;, "e;Frames and Comb Foundation"e;, "e;Other Essential Appliances"e;, "e;The Various Races of Honey Bees"e;, "e;Making a Start"e;, "e;Handling Bees"e;, "e;The Honey Harvest"e;, "e;Swarming"e;, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on keeping bees.