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A complete guide for the management of bees, Throughout the year; containing 1. A Description of the Queen Bee. 2. The Generation of Bees. 3. Of the Drones. 4. Of the proper Situation for a Bee house. 5. The proper Method of Swarming and Hiving. 6. Of separating the Honey and Wax. 7. Of the Enemies and Sicknesses incident to Bees. 8. Of Feeding them in the Winter Season. 9. Explanation of the new-invented Hives, with proper Directions in what Manner they are to be made use of. By Daniel Wildman, At his House, No. 326, Holborn.
Wildman, Daniel, active 1772-1812.Date: M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]- Digital Images
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Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) sitting on a purple flower. Bees are important pollinators and play a crucial role in promoting the growth of crops and flowers. The aposematic yellow and black banding pattern on the bee acts as a warning to deter predators.
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The practical bee-master: in which will be shewn how to manage bees either in straw hives or in boxes, Without Destroying Them, And With More Ease, Safety, And Profit, Than BY Any Method Hitherto Made Public, Viz. I. To manage Bees in Straw Hives, with new constructed Tops, at a small expence, as profitably and easily as with Boxes. II. In Boxes of an improved and cheap Construction, easily to be managed, and with so little Disturbance to the Bees, that all the necessary operations may be performed without any Danger. III. To catch and secure the Queen, or to fix her and a Swarm to any place you please. IV. To cause Bees to quit a Hive, and to be so tractable as to suffer themselves to be mandled without Stinging. V. Several Methods of Swarming Bees Artificially. VI. To cause a Swarm to work in separated Glasses, without any Hive; or in globular or other glasses, so that pure Virgin Honey may be taken when in its utmost Perfection. Vii. To prevent or cause Bees to swarm. Viii. To take the Honey and yet preserve the Bees, with common Hives only. IX. To unite Casts, Swarms, and Stocks. X. A Catalogue of, and Observations on, the most proper Flowers or Pasturage for Bees. XI. An easy and certain Method of preserving Stocks in Winter and cold Springs. XII. Several new and improved Methods of extracting the Wax from the Combs, two of them without either Straining or Pressing; and each by a single Operation: but more perfectly, and with far less. Trouble and Expence of Fuel than hitherto practiced. Together With Such Full And Plain Directions That the meanest Cottager may attain this profitable Art Without Difficulty, and at a small Expence; interspersed with occasional strictures on Mr. Thomas Wildman's Treatise on bees: With Several New Discoveries And Improvements, The Result Of AtLong Experience, And Deduced From Actual Experiments, by John Keys, Bee - Master.
Keys, John.Date: [1780]- Books
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The experienced bee-keeper, containing an essay on the management of bees : wherein is shewn, From long Practice, the most easy and profitable Method of treating those useful insects. With many Observations and Experiments entrirely new; particularly interesting to the Keepers of Bees, and useful to every Family. Together with An improved Method of making Mead, and a great Variety of other Wines, with Honey.
Bromwich, Bryan I'Anson.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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Doing good recommended from the example of Christ. A sermon preach'd for the Benefit of the Charity-School in Gravel-Lane, Southwark, Jan. 1727/8. To which is added, An Answer to an Essay on Charity-Schools, by the Author of the Fable of the Bees. By Sam. Chandler.
Chandler, Samuel, 1693-1766.Date: 1728- Books
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The bee-Master's companion, and assistant. Wherein is set forth the properest methods of managing those insects, so as they may turn out to the best advantage. Shewing an effectual Way to preserve them from Famine, Cold, Robbers, Mice, or other Enemies: also how to make all your Hives equal in Bees, so as never to have any weak Hive; with an Account of the Power the working Bees are invested with, of raising any Fgg in the Hive to be a Queen, when the Community stands in Need of One. By James Bonner, Bee-Master, Auchencrow, near Berwick upon Tweed, Author of Practical Warping made Easy.
Bonner, James, writer on bee-keeping.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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The works of the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley, Bart. In prose and verse. In two volumes. Containing The Translations of Virgil's Pastorals, the Battle and Government of Bees, &c. With His Speeches, Political Pieces, Poems, Songs, and Plays, The greatest Part never printed before, viz. The Happy Pair. Antony and Cleopatra, a Tragedy. The Mulberry Garden, a Comedy. Venus and Adonis. Bellamira, or, the Mistress, a Comedy. The Grumbler, a Comedy. The Tyrant King of Crete, a Tragedy. With memoirs of the author's life, written by an eminent hand. ...
Sedley, Charles, Sir, 1639?-1701.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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The husbandman and tradesman' gardening calendar, with directions to manage the kitchen, fruit, and flower garden, through the year. Addapted for the North of England. To which is added, instructions for the ordering of Bees, According to the latest, and most improved Methods. By John Fallowfield, Of Southernby, in the Parish of Castle-Sowerby, Cumberland. Let Gard'ners dig with care, and take true pains, Observe the Seasons, and they'll reap with Gains; The Earth is kind, and does our wants supply, For to the prudent man, she'll nought deny.
Fallowfield, John.Date: 1791- Books
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A complete guide for the management of bees, throughout the year; Containing, I. A description of the queen bee. II. The generation of bees. III. Of the drones. IV. Of the proper situation for a bee-house. V. The proper method of swarming and hiving. VI. Of separating the honey and wax. VII. Of the enemies and sicknesses incident to bees. VIII. Of feeding them in the winter season. IX. Explanation of the new invented hives, with proper directions in what manner they are to be made use of.
Wildman, Daniel, active 1772-1812.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
Keeping the bees : why all bees are at risk and what we can do to save them / Laurence Packer.
Packer, Laurence Dennis Marchant, 1955-Date: 2014- Books
Diseases of bees / Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Date: 1948- Books
Keeping bees in towns & cities / Luke Dixon.
Dixon, LukeDate: 2012- Books
Observations on bees / By John Hunter.
Hunter, John, 1728-1793.Date: 1792]- Books
Observations on bees / by John Hunter.
Hunter, John, 1728-1793.Date: [1792]- Books
Adventures among the bees / by Herbert Mace.
Mace, Herbert.Date: [1923]- Ephemera
Observations on bees / The Saturday Magazine.
Date: 1843- Ephemera
Remarks on the natural history of bees.
Date: [1803]- Books
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British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of modern bee-appliances : Illustrated / by T.W. Cowan.
Cowan, T. W. (Thomas William), 1840-1926.Date: 1907]- Ephemera
Lately published : the natural history of bees.
Date: [1751]- Pictures
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Apiculture: bees, combs and swarms. Engraving by H. Summons.
Reference: 496751i- Pictures
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Ten bees (Apis species). Coloured etching by M. Harris, ca. 1766.
Harris, Moses, 1730-approximately 1788.Date: [1766]Reference: 42655i- Pictures
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Thirteen bees (Apis species). Coloured etching by M. Harris, ca. 1766.
Harris, Moses, 1730-approximately 1788.Date: [1766]Reference: 42648i- Pictures
Eleven bees (Apis species). Coloured etching by M. Harris, ca. 1766.
Harris, Moses, 1730-approximately 1788.Date: [1766]Reference: 42649i- Books
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New observations on the natural history of bees / by Francis Huber.
Date: 1821- Ephemera
Mr. Isaac and Mr. Lee, on bees / The Monthly Magazine.
Date: 1812