Bee-Keeping For Beginners - According To The Syllabus Of The Board Of Education For Schools

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.

• | Author: Walter Chitty
• | Publisher: Home Farm Books
• | Publication Date: Sep 21, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 100 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 1473334217
• | ISBN-13: 9781473334212