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

F. G. Jenyns

• Publisher: Home Farm Books
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781473334182
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473342415
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Zoology
• Index: Technology & Engineering

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Bee Keeping
• Dedication
• Introduction
• Author’s Preface
• List of Illustrations
• Contents
• Chapter I. Habits of Observation
• Chapter II. Bees to be Observed and Treated with Gentleness
• Chapter III. The Work of the Bee—Introductory
• Chapter IV. The Bee’s Busy Life—Continued
• Chapter V. Community of Bees in a Hive
• Chapter VI. Different kinds of Bees
• Chapter VII. Varieties of the Honey Bee
• Chapter VIII. American Bees
• Chapter IX. Bees in the Olden Time
• Chapter X. The Inhabitants of the Hive—Introductory
• Chapter XI. Home of the Honey Bee—Introductory
• Chapter XII. General Outline of the History of a Hive
• Chapter XIII. A Tale of Destruction
• Chapter XIV. The Natural History of the Bee—Introductory
• Chapter XV. The Natural History of the Bee—Continued
• Chapter XVI. The Transformation of Insects
• Chapter XVII. The Natural History of the Bee—Continued
• Chapter XVIII. Structure of the Bee adapted to its Wants
• Chapter XIX. The same subject—Continued
• Chapter XX. The Same subject—Continued
• Chapter XXI. Combs, and the Form of Cells
• Chapter XXII. More about what the Bees do
• Chapter XXIII. The same subject—Continued
• Chapter XXIV. More about what the Bees Gather—Honey, Pollen, and Propolis
• Chapter XXV. Wax, and how the Bees make it
• Chapter XXVI. Night-work and Ventilation
• Chapter XXVII. The Division of Labour in the Hive
• Chapter XXVIII. More about the Observation of Bees
• Chapter XXIX. Introduction to Modern Bee-keeping
• Chapter XXX. First Principles of Bee-keeping
• Chapter XXXI. The Frame-hive and the Principles of its Construction
• Chapter XXXII. Advantages of the Frame-hive
• Chapter XXXIII. Super honey and the Extractor
• Chapter XXXIV. More about Swarms and Casts
• Chapter XXXV. The Busy Bee-keeper in Summer, Autumn, and Winter
• Chapter XXXVI. The Connexion between Food and Warmth
• Chapter XXXVII. The Busy Bee-keeper in Spring
• Chapter XXXVIII. Diseases and Enemies of Bees
• Chapter XXXIX. The uses of Honey, Wax, and Propolis
• Chapter XL. Flowers in Relation to Bees
• Chapter XLI. The Importance of Bee-keeping
• Chapter XLII. Superstitions with Regard to Bees
• Chapter XLIII. Bee-keepers’ Associations and Shows