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The Hive and the Honeybee
Selections from the E.F.Phillips Beekeeping Collection at Mann Library
Quoting from the Mann Library website:
"The Everett F. Phillips' Beekeeping Collection at Cornell's Albert R. Mann Library is
one of the largest and most complete apiculture libraries in the world. The Hive and the
Honey Bee grew out of a presentation on the Phillips collection at the 2002 Eastern Apiculture
Society conference and is something of a digital child to that print collection. Having first
started out as an initial collection of ten titles deemed to be among the most historically
important books in the Phillips library, with the support of beekeepers across the United States
The Hive and the Honey Bee has since grown to include over 30 key monographs as well as
the
first fourty volumes of the American Bee Journal, covering the years 1861 through 1900 of that
landmark publication. Each voulme of this growing digital collection is available in full text
format and is fully searchable."
Please feel free to visit
The Hive and the Honey Bee as there are many more texts that
have been digitized than have been linked here!
Prioritized
Candidates for Digitization in the Mann Library Digitizing Project
These titles were compiled from History
of American beekeeping, by Frank Chapman Pellett and from a list of books
from L.L. Langstroth’s personal library.
The most highly ranked books are listed first. As of late summer, 2003, sufficient
funds have been raised to digitize the first dozen or so books. As the books become available on-line,
we will endeavor to link to them from this page. Please remember that this project is entirely
funded by public donations. If you would like to see more of these books available on-line, then
YOU need to download the form and send in a donation. Thank you
for any support that you are able to give!
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Langstroth, L.L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895. Langstroth on the hive and the honey-bee;
a bee keeper's manual. Northampton, Hopkins, Bridgman, 1853.
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Doolittle, Gilbert M., 1846- Scientific queen-rearing as practically applied; being a
method by which the best of queen-bees are reared in perfect accord with
nature's ways. For the amateur and veteran in bee-keeping. Chicago, T. G. Newman, 1889.
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Dzierzon, Jan, 1811-1906.
Dzierzon's rational bee-keeping; or, The theory and practice of Dr.
Dzierzon ... Tr. from the latest German
ed. by H. Dieck and S. Stutterd. Ed. and rev. by Charles Nash
Abbott London, Houlston & sons;
[etc., etc.] 1882.
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Miller, C. C. (Charles C.), 1831-1920. Fifty years among the bees. Medina,
Ohio, A. I. Root Co., 1911.
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Quinby, M. (Moses), 1810-1875. Mysteries of bee-keeping
explained: being a complete analysis of the whole subject; consisting of the
natural history of bees, directions for obtaining the greatest amount of pure
surplus honey with the least possible
expense, remedies for losses given, and the science of "luck" fully
illustrated--the result of more than
twenty years' experience in extensive apiaries. New York, C. M. Saxton
& company, 1853.
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Alley, Henry. The
beekeeper's handy book ; or, Twenty-two years' experience in queen-rearing,
containing the only scientific and
practical method of rearing queen bees, and the latest and best methods for the
general management of the apiary. Wenham, Mass., The author, 1883.
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Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951.
Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and
of the production of honey. New
York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd., 1915.
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Root, A. I. (Amos Ives), 1839-1923.
The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; an
encyclopedia pertaining to scientific and practical culture of bees. Medina, Ohio, A. I. Root Co. [1877-
v. illus., ports., plates. 23 cm.
Volumes : 1879.
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Butler, Charles, d. 1647. The feminine monarchie: or, The
historie of bees. Shewing their admirable nature, and properties, their generation, and colonies, their government,
loyaltie, art, industrie, enemies, warres, magnanimitie, &c. Together with the right ordering of them
from time to time: and the sweet profit arising thereof. London, Printed by John Haviland for Roger
Jackson, 1623.
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Harbison, W. C. 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 for shipping bees to California. N. Y. Saxton, 1860.
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Munn, W. Augustus. A description of the bar-and-frame
hive, invented by W. Augustus Munn, esq. With an abstract of Wildman's
Complete guide for the management of bees throughout the year ... London, John Van Voorst, 1844.
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Huber, François, 1750-1831. New observations on the natural history of bees, by
Francis Huber. Translated from the original. Edinburgh, Printed for J.
Anderson; London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806.
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Alley, Henry. Thirty
years among the bees ... Salem, Mass., Salem press, 1891.
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Cowan, T. W. (Thomas William), 1840-1926. Wax craft, all
about beeswax; its history, production, adulteration, and commercial value
with 17 plates and 37 figures on art paper.
London, S. Low, Marston & co., ltd. [etc.] 1908.
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Harbison, John S. The
bee-keeper's directory; or, The theory and practice of bee culture, in all its
departments, the result of eighteen
years personal study of their habits and instincts. With an
introductory essay by O. C. Wheeler ... San Francisco, H. H. Bancroft and company, 1861.
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Benton, Frank. The
honey bee: a manual of instruction in apiculture
Washington, Govt. print. off., 1899.
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Cowan, T. W. (Thomas William), 1840-1926. British
bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in moveable comb hives and
the use of the extractor. London : Houlston, 1881.
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Affleck, Thomas, 1812-1868. Bee-breeding in the West.
Cincinnati : E. Lucas, 1841.
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Ballantine, William.
A practical treatise on bee culture. Sago, Ohio. Bloomfield, 1884.
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Bevan, Edward, 1770-1860. The honey bee, its natural
history, physiology, and management.
London, Van Voorst, 1827.
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Kidder, K. P. Kidder's
guide to apiarian science, being a practical treatise, in every department of
bee culture and bee management. Embracing the natural history of the bee ...
the anatomy and physiology of the different species
of bees that constitute a colony, &c
Burlington, Vt., S. B. Nichols; Chicago, R.
Blanchard, 1858.
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King, N. H. The
bee-keeper's text-book with alphabetical index, being a complete reference book
on all practical subjects connected with the culture of the honey bee in both
common and movable-comb hives, giving minute
directions for the management of bees in every month of the year, and
illustrating the nucleus system of
swarming and Italian queen rearing. Cleveland. Viets & Savage.
1864.
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Miner, T. B. (Thomas B.), 1808-1878.
The American bee keeper's manual;
being a practical treatise on the history and domestic economy of the honey-bee.
New York, Saxton, 1857. 4th ed.
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Neighbour, Alfred. The
apiary; or, Bees, bee-hives, and bee culture: being a familiar account of the
habits of bees, and the most improved
methods of management, with full directions, adapted for the cottager, farmer,
or scientific apiarian. London,
Kent and co; [etc., etc.] 1865.
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Nutt, Thomas, 17th cent. Humanity to honey bees: or,
Practical directions for the management of honey bees upon an improved and
humane plan, by which the lives of bees may be preserved, and abundance of
honey of a superior quality may be obtained. Wisbech, Printed by H. and J.
Leach, for the author, 1832. Also
several later editions.
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Sladen, F. W. L. (Frederic William Lambert)
Queen-rearing in England, with notes on a
scent producing organ in the worker-bee and how pollen is collected by the
honey-bee and the bumble-bee. London, Madgwick, Houlston & co.,
1913. 2nd. ed.
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White, William, fl. 1771. A complete guide to the mystery
and management of bees. : Containing instructions how to manage them with
respect to their breeding, gathering, swarming, hiving, feeding, &c. to
considerable advantage : alsodirections whereby the governor or queen-bee may
be distinctly known; together with several curious matters concerning them,
deduced chiefly from experience. Being the most valuable discovery hereto
found out. London : Printed for the author; and sold by Richardson and Urquhart
...; Isaac Taylor ...; H. Turpin ...; T.
Goodacre ...; and W. Todd ..., [1771]
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Bonner, James, of Edinburgh. 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 ...
Printed by J. Taylor, for the author, 1789.
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Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662. The reformed common-wealth of
bees : presented in severall letters and observations to Sammuel Hartlib. London : Printed for G. Calvert, 1655.
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Hill, Thomas, d.1576? A profitable instruction of the
perfite ordering of bees, with the maruellous nature, propertie, and
gouernements of them: and the necessarie vses both of their honie and waxe...
London, Henrie Bynneman, 1579.
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A short history of bees. In
two parts. I. The natural history of bees, with directions for the management
of them, an account of their enemies,
&c. from Reaumur, &c. II. An aenigmatical account of a neighbouring
nation-their queen, her palaces, attendents, &c...
London, Printed for Vernor and Hood in the Poultry, by J.
Cundee, 1800.
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Thorley, John. An
enquiry into the nature, order, and government of bees ... written upon observation
and experience by the Reverend Mr. John Thorley ... London, J. Waugh, printer, 1765. 2d ed.
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Cowan, T. W. (Thomas William), 1840-1926. The honey bee:
its natural history, anatomy, and physiology. London, Houlston [1890]
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Miller, C. C. (Charles C.), 1831-1920. A thousand answers to beekeeping
questions, by Dr. C.C. Miller, as answered by him in the columns of
the American bee journal, comp. by
Maurice G. Dadant. Hamilton, Ill.,
American bee journal, 1917.
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Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Manual of the apiary. [Lansing, Mich., W.S. George & Co.,
1876]
or
Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. The bee-keepers' guide; or
Manual of the apiary. Chicago, T.
G. Newman, 1882. 7th ed., rev. enl.,
mostly rewritten and beautifully illustrated.
Also several later editions.
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Dunbar, William Rev. The natural history of bees.
Comprehending the uses and economical management of the British and
foreign honey-bee; together with the
known wild species, illustrated by thirty-six plates coloured from
nature, with portrait and memoir of Huber. Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars; London, S.
Highley; [etc., etc.] 1840.
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Heddon, James. Success in bee-culture as practiced and
advised. Dowagiac, Mich., Times
print, 1885.
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Newman, Thomas Gabriel, 1833-1903. Bees and honey; or,
The management of an apiary for pleasure and profit. Chicago, Ill., The American bee journal,
1882. 3d. ed.
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Phelps, E. W. Phelps' bee-keeper's chart; being a brief
practical treatise on the instinct, habits and management of the honey-bee, in
all its various branches. New
York, A. O. Moore, 1858 [c1853]
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Townley, Edward. A practical treatise on humanity to
honey bees; or, Practical directions for the management of honey bees, upon an
improved and humane plan, by which the lives of the bees may be preserved, and
abundance of honey of a superior quality obtained. New York, Printed by G.
B. Maigne, 1848.
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Weeks, John M. A
manual: or An easy method of managing bees, in the most profitable manner to
their owner, with infallible rules to
prevent their destruction by the moth.
Middlebury [Vt.] Knapp and Jewett, 1836. Also several later editions.
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Bonner, James, of Edinburgh. A new plan for speedily increasing the number of beehives in
Scotland; and which may be extended, with equal success, to England, Ireland,
America, or to any other part of the world capable of producing flowers. Edinburgh, Printed by J. Moir, sold by W.
Creech; [etc., etc.] 1795.
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Clute, Oscar. The
blessed bees, by John Allen [pseud.]
New York, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1878.
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Gedde, John. A new discovery of an excellent method of
beehouses, and colonies, which frees the owners from the great charge and
trouble that attends the swarming of bees, and delivers the bees from the evil
reward of ruine, for the benefit they
brought their masters; London,
Printed for the author, 1677. 3d edition, enlarged, with several objections
answered.
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Huish, Robert, 1777-1850. 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. London, Printed for
Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1842.
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Hunter, John, Hon. Secretary of the British Bee-keepers
Association. A manual of bee-keeping.
London, R. Hardwicke, 1875.
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Keys, John. The antient bee-master's farewell : or, Full
and plain directions for the management of bees to the greatest advantage. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1796.
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Kidder, K. P. Secrets
of bee-keeping. Burlington, Vt. :
Free Press Steam Printing Establishment, 1865. 2nd ed.
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Metcalf, Martin. A key to successful bee-keeping: being a
treatise on the most profitable method of managing bees, including the author's
new system of artificial swarming.
New York, C. M. Saxton, 1862.
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Morley, Margaret Warner, 1858-1923. The honey-makers,... Illustrated by
the author.
Chicago, A. C. McClurg and company, 1899.
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Pettigrew, A. The
handy book of bees; being a practical treatise on their profitable management. Edinburgh, London, W. Blackwood and sons,
1870. Also later editions.
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Richardson, H. D. The hive and the honey-bee; with plain
directions for obtaining a considerable annual income from this branch of rural
economy. New York, C. M. Saxton,
1852.
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Thacher, James, 1754-1844.
A practical treatise on the management of bees; and the establishment
of apiaries, with the best method of
destroying and preventing the depredations of the bee moth ...
Boston, Marsh & Capen, 1829.
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Taylor, Henry, 1787-1869. The bee-keeper's manual, or,
Practical hints on the management and complete preservation of the honey
bee, and in particular in collateral
hives. London : R. Groombridge,
1838. Also several later editions.
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Morley, Margaret Warner, 1858-1923. The bee people...Illustrated by the
author. Chicago, A C. McClurg and company, 1900.
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Samuelson, James.
The honey-bee; its natural history, habits, anatomy, and
microscopical beauties. ... By James Samuelson, assisted by J. Braxton
Hicks ... also two chapters on instinct and reason; being an introduction to
the study of comparative psychology, by
the same author ... London, J. Van Voorst, 1860.
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Smith, Jerome Van Crowninshield, 1800-1879. An essay on
the practicability of cultivating the honey bee in maritime towns and cities,
as a source of domestic economy and
profit. Boston, Perkins and
Marvin [etc., etc.] 1831.
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Wildman, Daniel, fl. 1772-1812. A complete guide for the management of bees throughout the
year ... London, Printed for the
author, 1780. 3d ed., with
additions. Also several other editions.
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Wildman, Thomas. A treatise on the management of bees;
wherein is contained the natural history of those insects; with the various methods of cultivating them, both
antient and modern, and the improved treatment of them. To which are added, the natural history of wasps and
hornets, and the means of destroying them ... London, Printed for the author and sold by
T. Cadell, 1768.
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Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Bees: their habits,
management and treatment. London, G. Routledge & co., 1853.
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Gélieu, Jonas de, 1740-1817. The bee preserver, or, practical directions for the management
and preservation of hives / translated from the French of Jonas de Gélieu
... published at Mulhausen. Edinburgh : J. Anderson, London : Simpkin and
Marshall, 1829.
1829a
With this is bound: Milton, John. The London apiarian
guide for bee-keepers. London, The Apiarian Repository, 1823.
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Golding, Robert. The
shilling bee book, containing the leading facts in the natural history of bees,
with directions for bee management. London, Longman and co., 1847.
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Huish, Robert, 1777-1850. The cottager's manual for the management
of his bees, for every month in the year; both on the suffocating and depriving
system; with the necessary instructions for the purchase of hives, and the
general management of the apiary.
London, Wetton and Jarvis [1822]
2d ed., with considerable additions, founded on the most recent
discoveries.
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Filleul, Philip Valpy Mourant. The English bee-keeper;
or, Suggestions for the practical management of amateur and cottage apiaries,
on scientific principles. With an appendix of notes, chiefly illustrative.
By a country curate ... London, F.
& J. Rivington, 1851.
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Kretchmer, E. The American bee-keepers' guide; a new and
re-written ed. of the Bee-keepers' guide book, a complete manual and reference book on all subjects
connected with successful bee-culture, in both common and movable-comb hives, giving plain directions
for the management of bees, in every month of the year with alphabetical index, and thoroughly illustrating
the new system of bee culture with the honey extractor. Containing also practical
directions how to rear Italian queen bees. Chicago, Wabash steam printing house
[1872]
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Mills, John, d. 1784?
An essay on the management of bees. : Wherein is shewn the method of
rearing those useful insects; and that
the practice of saving their lives when their honey and wax are taken from them
was known to the antients, and is, in
itself, simple and easily executed. London : Printed for J. Johnson
and B. Davenport ..., MDCCLXVI [1766].
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Milton, John, grocer.
The practical bee-keeper; or, Concise and plain instructions for the
management of bees and hives..
London, J. W. Parker, 1843.
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Scudamore, Edward. Artificial swarms. A treatise on the
production of early swarms of bees by artificial means; wherein is shown the
method of multiplying these useful insects, and the means of taking the honey
without destroying the bees.
London, Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans. 1848. Second edition, revised and enlarged.
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White, Stephen. Collateral
bee-boxes; or, A new, easy, and advantageous method of managing bees. In which
part of the honey is taken away, in an easy and pleasant manner, without
destroying, or much disturbing the bees; early
swarms, if desired, are encouraged, and late ones prevented ...
London, L. Davis, 1756.
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Wighton, John. The
history and management of bees, with notice of a newly-constructed hive ... London, Longman and co., 1842.
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Bazin, Gilles Augustin, d. 1754. [Histoire naturelle des abeilles. English. 1744] The natural history of bees. Containing
an account of their production, their oeconomy, the manner of their making wax
and honey, and the best methods for the improvement and preservation of them.
Illustrated with twelve copper plates. Tr. from the French. London, J. and P.
Knapton [etc.] 1744.
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Cumming, John, 1807-1881. Bee-keeping. By "The
Times" bee-master ... London, S. Low; son, & Marston, 1864.
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The hive and its wonders. Written for the American
Sunday-school union. Philadelphia,
American Sunday-school union [1851]
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Huish, Robert, 1777-1850.
A treatise on the nature, economy, and practical management, of bees;
in which the various systems of the British and foreign apiarians are examined
... forming the most complete guide to the study and management of those
valuable insects. London, Printed
for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1815.
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Phin, John, 1830-1913.
A dictionary of practical apiculture. Giving the correct meaning of
nearly five hundred terms, according to the
usage of the best writers. Intended as a guide to uniformity of
expression amongst bee-keepers. With numerous illustrations, notes and
practical hints New York, The
Industrial publication company, 1884.
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Rusden, Moses. A
further discovery of bees. Treating of the nature, government, generation and
preservation of the bee... London, Printed for the Author, 1679.
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Warder, Joseph, fl. 1688-1718. The true amazons: or, The
monarchy of bees. Being a new discovery and improvement of those wonderful creatures. Also how to make English wine or
mead, equal if not superior to the best of other wines. London Printed for J. Pemberton and W.
Taylor, 1720. The 4th ed. corr. and
several other editions.
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Worlidge, John, fl. 1669-1698. Vinetum britannicum or, A
treatise of cider and other wines and drinks extracted from fruits growing in
the kingdom ... To which is added: A discourse teaching the best way of
improving bees. With copper plates. London, Printed by Thomas Dring ... and
Thomas Burrel ..., 1678. 2d impression,
much enl.
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