Bee-Keeping for All - A Manual of Honey-Craft

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Bee-Keeping for All - A Manual of Honey-Craft

Traditional trades, crafts and skills Apiculture (beekeeping) Wildlife: butterflies, other insects and spiders: general interest

Author: Tickner Edwardes

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Language: English

Published by: Home Farm Books

Published on: 31st May 2013

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781473383111


“Bee-Keeping for All”

is a classic guide to keeping bees for profit and pleasure by Tickner Edwardes. It includes complete instructions for setting up and managing a successful apiary, as well as tips and observations from a life-long keeper on how to avoid problems and make a profit.

Contents include:

A Bee-Hive And Its Inhabitants

First Principles In Bee-Culture

About Bee-Hives

Practical Hive-Making

Correct Position For Brood-Frames

Twin Bee-Hives

Laying Out The Bee-Garden

Garden-Flowers Useful To Bees

Planting For Bee-Forage

The Honey-House And Its Furniture

The Bee-Keeper’s Outfit

etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that 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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