How to Keep Bees Or; Bee Keeping in Rhode Island

"e;How to Keep Bees"e; is a detailed and accessible guide to bee-keeping and apiary management, with information on starting out, constructing an apiary, acquiring bees, and much more.

Written in simple, plain language and profusely illustrated, this comprehensive handbook constitutes a must-have for modern readers with practical interest in the subject.

Contents include: "e;Introduction"e;, "e;Pasturage"e;, "e;Location of the Hives"e;, "e;Hives"e;, "e;Frames, Supers, Etc."e;, "e;Honey Boards"e;, "e;Bee Escapes"e;, "e;Drone and Queen Trap"e;, "e;Smoker"e;, "e;Foundation Fasteners"e;, "e;Honey Extractor"e;, "e;Hove Tools"e;, "e;Comb Foundation"e;, "e;Clothing"e;, "e;Uniformity of Appliances"e;, "e;Making a Start"e;, etc.

Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive.

We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on Bee-keeping.