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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 busines

288 p. : 19 cm · History and physiology of the honey bee -- Breeding of bees -- Wax -- Bee-bread, or pollen -- Honey -- The apiary -- Bee hives -- Honey boxes -- Bee pasturage -- Management of bees -- Artificial swarms -- Feeding -- Natural swarming -- How to make bees profitable -- Loss of queens -- Management of honey -- Enemies of bees -- Overstocking -- Watering bees -- Shipping bees to California -- Robbing -- Uniting swarms -- Wintering bees -- Profits of bee keeping -- Honey bee in China

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