Bee-Keeping for Beginners - According to the Syllabus of the Board of Education for Schools

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Bee-Keeping for Beginners - According to the Syllabus of the Board of Education for Schools

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

Author: Walter Chitty

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Language: English

Published by: Home Farm Books

Published on: 21 September 2017

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781473342446


Bee-keeping for Beginners

Bee-keeping for Beginners is an accessible and comprehensive handbook on bee-keeping originally designed for use in schools. It contains a wealth of useful, timeless, and practical information on keeping bees making it perfect for modern novices and beginners.

Contents include:

Advantages of Bee-Keeping

The Usefulness of Bees ; (a) as Producers of Food Otherwise Wasted ; (b) as Fertilisers, Valuable to the Farmer or Gardener.-Districts Suitable to the Industry

Life History and Structures of the Bee.-The Egg, Larva, Pupa, Queen, Worker, Drone.-Varieties of The Honey-Bee-Construction of the Comb

Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on bee-keeping. This book was first published in first published in 1903.

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