Bee-Keeping for Beginners - According to the Syllabus of the ...

Walter Chitty

• 21 september 2017
• 9781473342446

Samenvatting:

"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.