Melissēlogia. Or, the female monarchy. Being an enquiry into the nature, order, and government of bees, those admirable, instructive, and useful insects. With a new, easy, and effectual method to preserve them, not only in colonies, but common hives, from that cruel death, to which their ignorant, injurious, and most ingrateful owners so commonly condemn them. A secret unknown to past ages, and now published for the benefit of mankind. Written upon forty years observation and experience. By the Reverend Mr. John Thorley, of Oxon. Illustrated with copper-plates.
- Thorley, John.
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- MDCCXLIV. [1744]
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London : printed for the author; and sold by N. Thorley, at the Lock and Key facing the Mansion-House; and J. Davidson, at the Angel in the Poultry, Cheapside, MDCCXLIV. [1744]
Physical description
xliii,[3],206,[2]p.,plates ; 80.
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References note
ESTC T98162
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.