Bees and bee-keeping: a plain, practical work; resulting from years of experience and close observation in extensive apiaries, both in Pennsylvania and California. With directions how to make bee-keeping a desirable and lucrative business, and shipping bees to California

By

Harbison, W. C.
Harbison, W.C.

Haven, W. S., , printer

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, C. M.Saxton, Barker, 1860

Notes

Contents: History and physiology of the honey bee -- Breeding of bees -- Wax -- Bee-bread, or pollen -- Honey -- The apiary -- Bee hives -- Honey boxes -- Bee pasturage -- Management of bees -- Artificial swarms -- Feeding -- Natural swarming -- How to make bees profitable -- Loss of queens -- Management of honey -- Enemies of bees -- Overstocking -- Watering bees -- Shipping bees to California -- Robbing -- Uniting swarms -- Wintering bees -- Profits of bee keeping -- Honey bee in China.

Subjects

Bee culture , Bees

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36422
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/agr32000127
OCLC: 4648454