A complete guide for the management of bees throughout the year; containing 1. A Description of the new-invented Hives, and the Manner of using them, so as to take the Honey and Wax without destroying the Bees. 2. Description of the new-invented Bee-House, and its properest Situation. 3. The proper Method of Swarming and Hiving Bees. 4. Of separating the Honey from the Wax. 5. Of feeding Bees in the Winter. 6. Of the Enemies and Diseases to which Bees are subject, and their Remedies. 7. Of the Queen Bee, working Bee, and Drone. 8. Of the Generation of Bees. 9. Directions to make Mead. By Daniel Wildman.

  • Wildman, Daniel, active 1772-1812.
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M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779]
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London : printed for the author, and Sold by him, at his Bee and Honey Warehouse, No 326, Holborn; Where any Quantity of his New-Invented Hives may be had on the shortest Notice, M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779]

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48p.,plates ; 80.

Edition

The second edition, with additions. Illustrated with copper-plates.

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ESTC T64918

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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