THE PRACTICAL BEE GUIDE: A MANUAL OF MODERN BEE KEEPING.
DIGGES, Rev. D.G.
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THE PRACTICAL BEE GUIDE: A MANUAL OF MODERN BEE KEEPING. |
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| Book Description: Irish Bee Journal (1917) 3rd ed, Hardcover- Book Condition: Very Good.. In red cloth with gold title, no dust jacket. 229 pages,71/2" x 5 ". Book very good, clean and unmarked,. | ||||
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SCIENTIFIC QUEEN-REARING |
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Comments: A rare hard
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| Book Description: Chicago; Thomas G. Newman & Son, 1889., 1889. 163 pages.. The book is in good condition with slight foxing and a slight mark to the front cover. A hard to find classic title by the father of grafting queen cells in the U.S.. Individuals still graft queen cells using his method (The Doolittle Grafting Method) 1st edition. | |||
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The Honey Bee |
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A novel. Nothing to do with beekeeping but title refers to Hilda's feelings about the her role in life. An interesting novel. | Price:
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| Book Description: New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1915, New York, 1915. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. R. M. Crosby (illustrator). 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good. Faded blue cloth hardcover. An antique novel from the author of "Anthony the Absolute." Outside has light age/wear concentrated at high points, binding is intact, pages are clean with light age toning. 458 pages. | ||||
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Beekeeping Up to Date |
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| Book Description: Cassell, London, 1925. Book Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hard bound cover with minor blemishes. Foxing on inside cover but inside is good and clean contents. SCARCE First Edition. | ||||
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European Bee Plants And their Pollen |
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A Rare and informative
book on honey plants. |
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| Book Description: The Bee Kindom League, Alexandria, Egypt 1937. None listed on ABEbooks.com. This is a hard back rebound copy of a paperback first edition. It is in very good condition. 140 pp plus Addendum. The book is in black & White with illustrations on plant pictures and pollen grains. Interesting for the study of Pollen in honey. | ||||
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American Honey Plants: Together with Those Which are of Special Value to
the Beekeeper as Sources of Pollen |
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Signed by H.C. Dadant to Mr. & Mrs. J.E. Pleasants | Price:
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| Book Description: Hamilton, IL: American Bee Journal. 1920. 1st ed. Very good hardback without a dust jacket. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and the cover is water stained as shown in the above photo of the cover.. Illustrated. 288 pp. . The price of this book is affected by the water stain to the cover. It list for much more. Also signed by H.C. Dadant the publisher of the book. | ||||
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7 Beekeeping in the South |
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A rare bee book written just
for Southern beekeeping. |
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| Book Description: Hamilton, IL: American Bee Journal.
1920. 1st ed. Very good hardback without a dust jacket. Corners and
spine ends lightly bumped.
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Bees and Honey: The Management of an Apiary |
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| Book Description: American Bee Journal no date Chicago. Good plus or better, light general wear, lightly rubbed. No date but this is most likely the 1890 edition. It is a good clean copy. | ||||
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A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE HIVE AND HONEY-BEE. |
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A rare 1859 edition published by A.O. Moore & Co. New York. Most 3rd editions were published by C.M. Saxton & Co. | Price:
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| Book Description: A.O. Moore & Co, 1859 3rd edition. 405 pp. The cover of this book is worn as shown on the picture above. It has some minor foxing . The book has all plates and pages -- none missing. Former owners signatures in the front -- Henry Rose, Oct. 1860 Sacramento City, California on inside of front cover and the name Douglass opposite it. plus some notes on back side. A very desirable book to own. A first edition of this book sold for $800.00 plus in August 2006 on ebay. | |||
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Honey in the Comb |
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A book that is highly sought after and according to sources, much of the edition was destroyed. This is a book in very good condition. | Price:
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| Book Description: Killion and Sons Apiaries, Paris, Il., 1951. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. No Jacket. 114 pages. | |||
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THE HONEY BEE; ITS NATURAL HISTORY, PHYSIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. REVISED
ETC. BY W.A. MUNN. |
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This is a rare look at early hives with frames. | Price:
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| Book Description: 3rd edition Condition: The
cover has been repaired and several pages are loose. This book was
originally published in 1838 and this book most likely in 1870. It
contain no color illustrations as described in later editions. If
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THE MIND OF THE BEES |
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An early French work on the communication between bees. | Price:
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| Book Description: Methuen, 1939, 1939. First English edition. 146 pp. . Organization of the work of bees; memory sense and orientation; bees and colors; communication between bees. The book has a dust jacket and over all condition is very good. Some light foxing. | |||
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Begin to Keep Bees |
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Signed copy by author | Price:
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| Book Description: Carrier's Beekeeping, California, 1982. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Signed by author. Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Both book and dust jacket are in Very Good condition. Cover and content clean and bright, binding tight. Dust jacket is clean and bright with slight edge wear. 234 pages. | |||
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THE BEE-KEEPERS' GUIDE or MANUAL OF THE APIARY |
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Due to the condition of the cover this book is a good buy for the person interested in a reading copy or One could rebind this book to good advantage. | Price:
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| Book Description: Michigan State Agricultural College, Lansing MI, 1884. Hard Cover. 11th Edition. 337 pages followed by the Index and contemporary apiary-related advertisements. Pages lightly foxed. Green cloth with black border design and gilt bee illustration on upper cover. Gilt title on spine. Spine worn. Head/tail of spine, edges and corners worn and bumped and the spine is loose from the cover making the condition poor. The interior is clean and tight. .. | |||
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American Bee Keepers Manual |
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Comments: No collection of American bee books is complete without this book in the collection. | Price:
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| Book Description: Pubilished C.M. Saxton, New York 1852. Some foxing on most pages however it is quite common on books of this age and does not distract from the reading content. 348 pp. A former owner partial label on inside cover -- otherwise no marks. Good tight binding, and cover is in good shape. | |||
