W. B. Webster

The Book of Bee-keeping: a Practical and Complete Manual on the Proper Management of Bees W. B. Webster

This early work on beekeeping is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. A detailed study of the science of apiculture that is accompanied by extensive text diagrams and drawings. This is a fascinating read for the amateur or professional beekeeper and contains much information and anecdote that is still useful and practical today. Contents Include: Introduction; Advantages of Bee-keeping; The Honey Bee; Products of Bees; Combs; Modern Bee-keeping; Appliances; Food; Swarming; Manipulating; Honey; Diseases of Bees; Enemies of Bees; Index. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.