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.,

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