BEES: 

 THEIR NATURAL HISTORY 



AND 



GENERAL MANAGEMENT: 



COMPRISING 



A FULL AND EXPERIMENTAL EXAMINATION OF 



THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF NATIVE AND FOREIGN APIARIANS; 



WITH AN ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION 



OF THE ERRORS OF THE THEORY OF HUBER; 



CONTAINING, ALSO, THE 



LATEST DISCOVERIES & IMPROVEMENTS 



IN 



EVERY DEPARTMENT OF THE APIARY, 



WITH A 

 DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST APPROVED HIVES NOW IN USE. 



ROBERT HUISH, F.Z.S. 



HONORAKY MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OP FRANCE, 



MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES OF GOTTINGEN, 



AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OE BAVARIA. 



Pluris est oculatus testis unus quam auiiti decern. 



LONDON: 

 PRINTED FOR SHERWOOD, GILBERT, AND PIPER, 



PATERNOSTER ROW. 



1842. 



