This early work on beekeeping is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. A detailed study of the science of apiculture that is accompanied by extensive text diagrams and drawings. This is a fascinating read for the amateur or professional beekeeper and contains much information and anecdote that is still useful and practical today. Contents Include: Introduction; Advantages of Bee-keeping; The Honey Bee; Products of Bees; Combs; Modern Bee-keeping; Appliances; Food; Swarming; Manipulating; Honey; Diseases of Bees; Enemies of Bees; Index. Many of the earliest books, particularly...