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

About this book

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.

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Yes, you can access A Book about Bees - Their History, Habits, and Instincts; Together with The First Principles of Modern Bee-Keeping for Young Readers by F. G. Jenyns in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Zoology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Bee Keeping
  5. Dedication
  6. Introduction
  7. Author’s Preface
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. Contents
  10. Chapter I. Habits of Observation
  11. Chapter II. Bees to be Observed and Treated with Gentleness
  12. Chapter III. The Work of the Bee—Introductory
  13. Chapter IV. The Bee’s Busy Life—Continued
  14. Chapter V. Community of Bees in a Hive
  15. Chapter VI. Different kinds of Bees
  16. Chapter VII. Varieties of the Honey Bee
  17. Chapter VIII. American Bees
  18. Chapter IX. Bees in the Olden Time
  19. Chapter X. The Inhabitants of the Hive—Introductory
  20. Chapter XI. Home of the Honey Bee—Introductory
  21. Chapter XII. General Outline of the History of a Hive
  22. Chapter XIII. A Tale of Destruction
  23. Chapter XIV. The Natural History of the Bee—Introductory
  24. Chapter XV. The Natural History of the Bee—Continued
  25. Chapter XVI. The Transformation of Insects
  26. Chapter XVII. The Natural History of the Bee—Continued
  27. Chapter XVIII. Structure of the Bee adapted to its Wants
  28. Chapter XIX. The same subject—Continued
  29. Chapter XX. The Same subject—Continued
  30. Chapter XXI. Combs, and the Form of Cells
  31. Chapter XXII. More about what the Bees do
  32. Chapter XXIII. The same subject—Continued
  33. Chapter XXIV. More about what the Bees Gather—Honey, Pollen, and Propolis
  34. Chapter XXV. Wax, and how the Bees make it
  35. Chapter XXVI. Night-work and Ventilation
  36. Chapter XXVII. The Division of Labour in the Hive
  37. Chapter XXVIII. More about the Observation of Bees
  38. Chapter XXIX. Introduction to Modern Bee-keeping
  39. Chapter XXX. First Principles of Bee-keeping
  40. Chapter XXXI. The Frame-hive and the Principles of its Construction
  41. Chapter XXXII. Advantages of the Frame-hive
  42. Chapter XXXIII. Super honey and the Extractor
  43. Chapter XXXIV. More about Swarms and Casts
  44. Chapter XXXV. The Busy Bee-keeper in Summer, Autumn, and Winter
  45. Chapter XXXVI. The Connexion between Food and Warmth
  46. Chapter XXXVII. The Busy Bee-keeper in Spring
  47. Chapter XXXVIII. Diseases and Enemies of Bees
  48. Chapter XXXIX. The uses of Honey, Wax, and Propolis
  49. Chapter XL. Flowers in Relation to Bees
  50. Chapter XLI. The Importance of Bee-keeping
  51. Chapter XLII. Superstitions with Regard to Bees
  52. Chapter XLIII. Bee-keepers’ Associations and Shows