The Handy Book of Bees: Being a Practical Treatise on Their Profitable ManagementW. Blackwood and Sons, 1870 - 193 páginas |
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... which has a milky , gelatinous appearance . When- ever an egg is set in a royal cell , the bees place around it this milky - like substance , in which a little worm or grub is soon floating , and by which it is fed THE AGE OF QUEEN BEES .
... which has a milky , gelatinous appearance . When- ever an egg is set in a royal cell , the bees place around it this milky - like substance , in which a little worm or grub is soon floating , and by which it is fed THE AGE OF QUEEN BEES .
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Being a Practical Treatise on Their Profitable Management A. Pettigrew. is soon floating , and by which it is fed . What this " royal jelly " is , I do not know - neither can I tell where it comes from . It is understood that no writer ...
Being a Practical Treatise on Their Profitable Management A. Pettigrew. is soon floating , and by which it is fed . What this " royal jelly " is , I do not know - neither can I tell where it comes from . It is understood that no writer ...
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... soon as they apparently reached her , she doubled and went back as a hare does when pursued by dogs . She gained a few paces at the turn , and all went out of my sight . When I was a lad , in my father's house , a labouring man called ...
... soon as they apparently reached her , she doubled and went back as a hare does when pursued by dogs . She gained a few paces at the turn , and all went out of my sight . When I was a lad , in my father's house , a labouring man called ...
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... soon as they come to maturity . " An ample population , abundant food , and the presence of drone - cells , generally dispose a queen to lay drone - eggs ; and so far as the apiarian can contribute to this state of things , you are ...
... soon as they come to maturity . " An ample population , abundant food , and the presence of drone - cells , generally dispose a queen to lay drone - eggs ; and so far as the apiarian can contribute to this state of things , you are ...
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... soon destroyed . But as the hives of these first swarms become full of combs and bees , drone - cells are built , and preparations for swarming are made as in the old hive in spring . Soon DRONES OR MALES . 27.
... soon destroyed . But as the hives of these first swarms become full of combs and bees , drone - cells are built , and preparations for swarming are made as in the old hive in spring . Soon DRONES OR MALES . 27.
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