The Hive and the Honey Bee

"The Hive and the Honeybee now consists of the full text of ten books from the Phillips Collection, chosen by a team of scholars for their historical importance and usefulness to beekeepers today. Each book is fully searchable." Source:Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University.

Books by author:

• 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 Henry Alley, Wenham, Mass. : 1883.
• Doolittle, Gilbert M.. Scientific queen-rearing as practically applied; being a method by which the best of queen-bees are... T. G. Newman, Chicago : 1889.
• Dzierzon, Jan. Dzierzon's rational bee-keeping, or, The theory and practice of Dr. Dzierzon Houlston & sons, London : 1882.
• Huber, François. New observations on the natural history of bees Printed for J. Anderson ; Edinburgh : 1806.
• Langstroth, L.L. Langstroth on the hive and the honey-bee; a bee keeper's manual... Hopkins, Bridgman, Northampton : 1853.
• Miller, C. C. Fifty years among the bees A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio : 1911.
• Munn, W. Augustus. A description of the bar-and-frame hive John Van Voorst, London : 1844.
• Phillips, Everett Franklin. Beekeeping [1915?]
• Quinby, M. Mysteries of bee-keeping explained; being a complete analysis of the whole subject : ... C. M. Saxton & Co., New York : 1853.
• Root, A. I. The A B C of bee culture; a cyclopædia of everything pertaining to the care ... A.I. Root, Medina, Ohio : 1879.

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