THE BEE KEEPING COLLECTION
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261 VINTAGE BOOKS ON ONE UNIQUE DVD, INCLUDING SOME REALLY RARE TITLES TEACHING YOU ALL YOU COULD EVER WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ANCIENT HOBBYS – BEE-KEEPING!
This really is a superb collection of old books, covering all aspects of the honey bee and keeping bees (apiculture): discover the anatomy of the bee itself, uses of honey, recipes using honey, how to capture swarms, beeswax, beehives, medicinal uses of honey, the history of bee-keeping, propogation, management techniques, queen-rearing......the information is endless! Overall, this encyclopaedic compilation is quite simply a must for the beginner and advanced bee-keeper alike.
This truly unique collection of full, original vintage books have all been professionally scanned in high quality, compiled and preserved forever in pdf format on a DVD data disc.
This superb DVD contains 261 titles in total, providing thousands upon thousands of pages of great content and fabulous illustrations. All of the files are presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or Kindle / ebook reader.
The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:
A
bee-keeper's year-book - D. Adair (1872)
A
book about bees. Their history, habits, and instincts; together with the first
principles of modern bee-keeping for young readers by C. Jenyns (1886)
A
book about the bee - H. Mace (1921)
A
dictionary of practical apiculture by J. Phin (1884)
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 by M.
Metcalf (1862)
A
manual for New Zealand
bee keepers - W. Cotton (1848)
A
manual of bee-keeping - J. Hunter (1875)
A
manual or An easy method of managing bees - J. Weeks (1837)
A
modern bee-farm and its economic management - S. Simmins (1914)
A
new system of bee-keeping; adapted to the habits and characteristics of the
honey-bee by D. L. Adair (1867)
A
practical treatise on the hive and honey-bee - L. Langstroth (1859)
A
practical treatise on the hive and honey-bee - L. Langstroth (1865)
A
profitable instruction of the perfite ordering of bees - T. Hill (1579)
A
Sure way to order bees and fruit-trees, or, A compleat bee-master - J. Worlidge
(1726)
A
thousand answers to beekeeping questions - C. Miller (1917)
A
thousand answers to beekeeping questions (3rd Ed.) - C. Miller (1919)
A
treatise on bee-culture - J. McDonald (1868)
A
treatise on the breeding and management of bees - J. Keys (1814)
A
treatise on the nature, economy, and practical management, of bees - R. Huish
(1817)
A
year among the bees - C. Miller (1891)
A
year's work in an out-apiary - G. Doolittle (1908)
Advanced
bee-culture - methods and management - W. Hutchinson
(1918)
Advanced
bee-culture, its methods and management - W. Hutchinson (1911)
Alexander's
writings on practical bee culture - E. Alexander (1910)
An
easy method of managing bees in the most profitable manner to their owner by J
Bradt (1869)
An
improved system of propagating the honey bee by J. S. Harbison (1860)
Apiary
experiments. Foundation in comb building - C. Gillette (1900)
Apiculture
in British Columbia
by L. Harris (1913)
Apiculture
Moderne by A. L. Clement (1907)
Apiculture
the double-hive, non-swarming system by G. A. Stockwell (1891)
Australian
bee lore and bee culture - A. Gale (1912)
Bee
culture - C. Miller (1901)
Bee
culture; or, Successful management of the apiary - T. Newman (1879)
Bee
hunting. A book of valuable information for bee hunters - J. Lockard (1908)
Bee
keeping (1919)
Bee
Keeping by F. Benton (1905)
Bee
Keeping by J. Cumming (1864)
Bee
Keeping by U. Topperwein (1912)
Bee
Keeping for Beginners by J. P. H. Brown (1898)
Bee
Keeping for Profit by L. E. Cotton (1880)
Bee
Keeping in Maryland
by T. B. Symons (1911)
Bee
keeping in Porto Rico by W.
V. Tower
(1911)
Bee
keeping in Rhode Island
by A. C. Miller (1911)
Bee
primer for the prospective beekeeper - C. Dadant (1914)
Bee-breeding
in the West - T. Affleck (1841)
Bee-culture
- F. Jacobsen (1920)
Bee-culture
- I. Hopkins
(1909)
Beehives
and bee keepers' appliances - P. Hasluck (1911)
Beekeeping
- a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey - E.
Phillips (1915)
Bee-keeping
for beginners - W. Chitty (1903)
Bee-keeping
for beginners by J. P. H. Brown (1898)
Beekeeping
for Connecticut
- A. Yates (1918)
Beekeeping
for New Hampshire
- W. Wolff (1921)
Bee-keeping
for Profit by W. S. Morley (1914)
Bee-keeping
for sedentary folk, or for professional people by T. C. Potter (1908)
Bee-keeping
for the many - J. Payne (1870)
Beekeeping
for West Virginia
- C. Reese (1917)
Beekeeping
Guide to Bees and Honey (1918)
Beekeeping
in Arkansas -
W. Baerg (1920)
Beekeeping
in Colorado -
N. Boggs (1922)
Beekeeping
in Kansas -
J. Merill (1922)
Bee-keeping
in North Carolina.
A study of some statistics on the industry, with suggestions and conclusions by
F. J. Sherman (1908)
Beekeeping
in Tasmania -
G. Bingham (1921)
Beekeeping
in Tennessee
- G. Bentley (1913)
Beekeeping
in the interior of British Columbia
(1922)
Beekeeping
in the Kootenays, British Columbia
- W. Sheppard (1918)
Beekeeping
in the South - K. Hawkins (1920)
Bee-keeping
in Victoria, Australia by F. R. Beuhne (1915)
Bee-keeping
in war-time - W. Herrod-Hempsall (1918)
Beekeeping
in Wisconsin - N. France
(1916)
Beekeeping
practice in North Carolina
- E. Carr (1917)
Bee-keeping
simplified for the cottager and smallholder - W. Herrod-Hempsall (1922)
Beekeeping.
Rapid increase of colonies for restocking purposes (1910)
Beekeeping;
a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey - E.
Phillips (1915)
Bees
- E. Phillips (1911)
Bees
- their natural history and general management - R. Huish (1844)
Bees
& bee-keeping - F. Cheshire (1886)
Bees
& bee-keeping - scientific and practical Vol. 1 - F. Cheshire (1886)
Bees
& bee-keeping - scientific and practical Vol. 2 - F. Cheshire (1886)
Bees
& fruit - A. Root (1893)
Bees
and bee-keeping by W. Harbison (1860)
Bees
and honey - A. I. Root (1883)
Bees
and honey, or, The management of an apiary for pleasure and profit - T. Newman
(1892)
Bees
and wasps - O. Latter (1913)
Bees
for pleasure and profit - G. Samson (1921)
Bees;
their habits, management and treatment - J. Wood (1860)
Beginner's
bee book - F. Pellett (1919)
Bramble-bees
and others - J. Fabre (1915)
British
bee-farming; its profits and pleasures - J. Robinson (1880)
British
bee-keeper's guide book - T. Cowan (1911)
British
bee-keeper's practical notebook - T. Cowan (1908)
British
bees - an introduction to the study of the natural history and economy of the
bees indigenous to the British Isles - W.
Shuckard (1866)
Brood
diseases of bees - B. Gates (1910)
Catalogue
of British Hymenoptera in the collection of the British museum - F. Smith
(1855)
Collected
leaflets on bee keeping by The British Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries
(1922)
Comb
honey - G. Demuth (1912)
Constructive
beekeeping - E. Clark (1918)
Cuba
as a bee country - A. I. Root Company (1903)
Dadant
system of beekeeping - C. Dadant (1920)
Das
buch von der biene - J. Witzgall (1898) (German)
Determination
of age in honey-bees - H. Pixell-Goodrich (1920)
Diseases
of bees - G. White (1900)
Dr.
Lampe's Bienenzucht - Populäres handbuch der anatomie, zucht, pflege und
sämtlicher krankheiten der bienen - C. Lampe (1909) (German)
Dzierzon's
rational bee-keeping - Dzierzon (1882)
Eddy
on bee-culture, and the protective bee-hive - H. Eddy (1854)
Effects
of artificial foundations on the building of honey comb - C. Gillette (1900)
Elements
of beekeeping - H. Niswonger (1919)
Entomology.
Bees. Comprehending the uses and economical management of the honey-bee of Britain
and other countries - W. Dunbar (1855)
Essay
on bee keeping, or, An easy method of managing bees in the most profitable
manner to their owner - J. Bradt (1869)
Every
step in beekeeping - a book for amateur and professional - B. Douglass (1921)
Facts
about bees - E. Root (1907)
Facts
about honey by C. P. Dadant (1916)
Facts
about honey by F. W. L. Sladen (1920)
Fifty
years among the bees - C. Miller (1911)
First
lessons in beekeeping - C. Dadant (1918)
Forty
years among the bees - C. Miller (1903)
Forty-two
years of bee-keeping in New Zealand,
1874-1916; some reminiscences by I. Hopkins
(1916)
Guide
to bee-keeping in British Columbia
by F. D. Todd (1911)
Handbook
of gardening for New Zealand,
with chapters on poultry and bee-keeping by M. Murphy (1888)
Harbison's
California
adjustable comb hive - W. Harbison (1860)
Honey
and health; a nutrimental, medicinal and historical commentary by B. F. Beck
(1921)
Honey
and some of the ways it may be used by C. B. Gooderham (1918)
Honey
flora of Victoria
by F. R. Beuhne (1922)
Honey
for money (1888)
How
to grow queens - W. Kelley (1910)
How
to handle bees - J. Anderson (1920)
How
to keep bees - A. Miller (1918)
How
to keep bees for profit - D. Lyon (1910)
How
to keep bees; a handbook for the use of beginners - A. Comstock (1905)
How
to make honey-cream a mixture of
high-test sweet cream and extracted honey by P. H. Tracy (1932)
How
to produce extracted honey by G. W. Phillips (1904)
Illustrated
catalog of honey labels - A. I. Root (1920)
Instruction
in bee-keeping for the use of Irish bee-keepers (1905)
Investigations
pertaining to Texas
beekeeping. Experiments in artificial division and swarm-control (1913)
Isle of Wight
disease in hive bees - J. Rennie (1921)
Kritische
geschichte der meinungen von dem geschlechte der bienen - J. Spitzner (1795)
(German)
Langstroth
on the hive & honey bee by L. L. Langstroth (1919)
Langstroth
on the hive and the honey-bee, a bee-keeper's manual - L. Langstroth (1853)
Management
of bees; care of bees in spring - F. Jager (1919)
Manual
of the apiary - A. Cook (1880)
Miscellaneous
papers on apiculture - United
States Bureau of Entomology (1911)
Modern
queen-rearing - M. Pritchard (1916)
Money
in bees in Australasia. A practical treatise
on the profitable management of the honey bee in Australasia
- T. Rayment (1916)
My
bee book - W. Cotton (1842)
Mysteries
of bee-keeping explained being a
complete analysis of the whole subject - M. Quinby (1853)
Mysteries
of beekeeping explained - M. Quinby (1918)
Notes
on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees - F. Lutz (1920)
Observations
and experiments bearing on Isle of Wright disease of hive bees - J. Anderson
(1916)
Observations
on bees and wasps - J. Lubbock (1876)
Observations
on the natural history of bees - F. Huber (1841)
On
the mite (Acarapis woodi, Rennie) associated with Isle of Wight bee disease - S. Hirst (1921)
Outapiaries
and their management - M. Dadant (1919)
Pleasurable
Bee-keeping by C. N. White (1895)
Porto
Rican beekeeping - United
States Dept. of Agriculture (1914)
Practical
advice to beginners in bee-keeping by J. Tinsley (1916)
Practical
beekeeping - R. Benton (1907)
Practical
bee-keeping being plain instructions to the amateur for the successful
management of the honey bee by F.R. Cheshire (1879)
Practical
beekeeping designed for the use of the beginner and small apiarist - R. Benton
(1907)
Practical
hints on bee culture - D. Arnold
(1874)
Practical
hints to bee-keepers - C. Muth (1881)
Practical
queen rearing - F. Pellet (1918)
Productive
bee-keeping; modern methods of production and marketing of honey by F. C.
Pellet (1918)
Profitable
bee-keeping for small-holders and others by H. Geary (1917)
Progressive
bee culture, or Apine instincts and labors defined - D. Adair (1872)
Proving
of the Apis mellifica, or, Poison of the honey bee (1852)
Queen
rearing - G. Matthews (1920)
Queen
rearing simplified - J. Smith (1921)
Queen-rearing
in England
- F. Sladen (1913)
Quinby's
new bee-keeping. The mysteries of bee-keeping explained by M. Quinby (1919)
Rational
bee-keeping and the prevention of Acarine disease by A. M. Sturges (1922)
Rearing
of queen bees - United
States Bureau of Entomology (1905)
Rearing
queen bees in Puerto Rico - R. Van
Zwaluwenburg (1918)
Report
on the A. & M.
College apiary. Together
with practical suggestions in modern methods of bee keeping as applied to Texas conditions by F.
W. Mally (1902)
Scientific
queen-rearing as practically applied - For the amateur and veteran in
bee-keeping by G. Doolittle (1889)
Secrets
of bee-keeping - K. Kidder (1865)
Some
of the essentials of beekeeping - B. Gates (1912)
Southern
bee culture - J. Wilder (1908)
Starting
right with bees - H. Rowe (1922)
Structure
and development of the compound eye of the honey bee - E. Phillips (1905)
Sugar,
molasses and sirup, confections, honey and beeswax by H. W. Wiley (1892)
Swarm
control - G. Demuth (1920)
Texas
beekeeping - L. Scholl (1912)
The
ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care
of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. by A. I.
Root (1910)
The
ABC of bee culture - a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the
honey-bee - A. Root (1884)
The
American apiculturist Vol. 1 (1883)
The
American apiculturist Vol. 2 (1884)
The
American apiculturist Vol. 3 (1885)
The
American apiculturist Vol. 4 (1886)
The
American apiculturist Vol. 5 (1887)
The
American apiculturist Vol. 6 (1888)
The
American apiculturist Vol. 8 (1890)
The
American apiculturist Vol. 9 (1891)
The
American apiculturist Vol. 10 (1892)
The
American bee keeper's manual - T. Miner (1849)
The
American bee keeper's manual (2nd Edition) - T. Miner (1850)
The
Anatomy of The Honey Bee by R. E. Snodgrass (1910)
The
antient bee-master's farewell, or, Full and plain directions for the management
of bees to the greatest advantage - J. Keys (1796)
The
apiarian's manual - containing all that is important in the natural history of
bees, or useful in their practical management - T. Howatson (1827)
The
apiary; or, Bees, bee-hives, and bee culture - A. Neighbour (1865)
The
auditory sense of the honey-bee by N. E. McIndoo (1922)
The
bee (1831)
The
bee and white ants, their manners and habits - D. Lardner (1856)
The
bee keeper's guide - J. Payne (1846)
The
bee-keeper's directory, or, The theory and practice of bee culture, in all its
departments - J. Harbison (1861)
The
bee-keeper's guide or Manual of the
apiary - A. Cook (1910)
The
bee-keeper's guide, or Manual of the apiary - A. Cook (1894)
The
bee-keeper's manual - H. Taylor (1860)
The
bee-keeping in Victoria, Australia - F. Beuhne (1913)
The
bee-master of Warrilow - T. Edwardes (1907)
The
book of bee-keeping - a practical and complete manual on the proper management
of bees - W. Webster (1901)
The
book of bee-keeping (second edition) - W. Webster (1905)
The
book of the honey bee by C. Harrison (1903)
The
children's Life of the bee - M. Maeterlinck (1919)
The
cottage bee keeper - P. Filluel (1851)
The
embryology of the honey bee by J. A. Nelson (1915)
The
farmers' guide to bee keeping by H. M. Johnson (1872)
The
farmer's manual - together with remarks on gardening, and a treatise on the
management of bees - F. Butler (1819)
The
fungi of the bee-hive - A. Betts (1912)
The
habits of the honeybee - E. Phillips (1914)
The
handy book of bees - being a practical treatise on their profitable management
- A. Pettigrew (1875)
The
hive and the honey-bee - H. Richardson (1849)
The
hive bee - E. Smith (1918)
The
honey bee - a manual of instruction in apiculture - F. Benton (1895)
The
honey bee - its natural history, physiology, and management - E. Bevan (1827)
The
honey bee - T. James (1852)
The
honey bee by W. D. Wright (1913)
The
honey-bee; its nature, homes and products - W. Harris (1884)
The
Honey-makers by M. W. Morley (1899)
The
humble-bee its life-history and how to
domesticate it - F. Sladen (1912)
The
illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in
the Southern Hemisphere - I. Hopkins
(1911)
The
importance of honey production by E. R. Root (1918)
The
Italian system of bee keeping by A. J. Danyell (1876)
The
Life of the Bee - M. Maeterlinck (1902)
The
lore of the honey-bee by T. Edwardes (1909)
The
management of bees - S. Bagster (1834)
The
mason-bees - J. Fabre (1914)
The
monarchy of the bees - W. Simpkin (1822)
The
national beekeeper's directory - H. Alley (1889)
The
natural history of bees - G. Bazin (1744)
The
new bee-keepers' text-book - A. King (1887)
The
Pearce new method of bee keeping by J. A. Pearce (1915)
The
practical bee guide; a manual of modern beekeeping - J. Digges (1921)
The
practical bee-master - J. Keys (1780)
The
pyramidal bee-hive - P. Du Couëdic de Villeneuve (1829)
The
races of honey bees and their characteristics - R. Hutson (1921)
The
rearing of queen bees - E. Phillips (1905)
The
relation of phototropism to swarming in the honey-bee - D. Minnich (1920)
The
roller entrance bottom board which makes bee-keeping pleasant and profitable by
C. G. Schamu (1914)
The
successful honey producer - S. Simmins (1902)
The
Swarm from The Life of the Bee - M. Maeterlinck (1906)
The
Townsend bee book or, How to make a
start in bees - E. Townsend (1914)
Tips
and pointers on successful beekeeping - P. Ullman (1922)
Wild
bees, wasps and ants and other stinging insects - E. Saunders (1907)
Wintering
bees - E. Root (1913)
Wintering
bees in Canada
- F. Sladen (1920)
Wintering
bees in four-hive boxes by M. Pettit (1909)
Wintering
bees in Iowa
- F. Pellett (1914)
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