The Handy Book of Bees: Being a Practical Treatise on Their Profitable ManagementWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1875 - 162 páginas |
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... covered with lids at the proper time . On the sixteenth day after the royal cells were formed , they were cut out for examination . Only one of the maggots had taken the insect form all were dead . The bees made a great effort , but ...
... covered with lids at the proper time . On the sixteenth day after the royal cells were formed , they were cut out for examination . Only one of the maggots had taken the insect form all were dead . The bees made a great effort , but ...
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... covering our corn - fields with its yellow flowers , is an invaluable thing for bees . In Yorkshire and Derbyshire this plant is called ketlock , in Lanarkshire it is called skelloch , and in Wigtownshire it is termed ranches . Here ...
... covering our corn - fields with its yellow flowers , is an invaluable thing for bees . In Yorkshire and Derbyshire this plant is called ketlock , in Lanarkshire it is called skelloch , and in Wigtownshire it is termed ranches . Here ...
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... covered , the whole arrangement will become sopping wet , simply be- cause the vapours cannot escape . " I think no intelligent bee - keeper , after reading this de- scription , will covet or ever purchase such lids ; and it grieves one ...
... covered , the whole arrangement will become sopping wet , simply be- cause the vapours cannot escape . " I think no intelligent bee - keeper , after reading this de- scription , will covet or ever purchase such lids ; and it grieves one ...
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... covering them . Milk - pans are often used by cottagers in many parts . With small hives they answer in summer , but are a most unsuitable protection in winter . For cheapness and con- venience , anything at hand that will shed the rain ...
... covering them . Milk - pans are often used by cottagers in many parts . With small hives they answer in summer , but are a most unsuitable protection in winter . For cheapness and con- venience , anything at hand that will shed the rain ...
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... covering of hives in winter . CHAPTER XVII . STINGS . If bees had not been furnished with weapons of de- fence , the probability is great that they would have been destroyed centuries ago . The treasures of a bee - hive are so tempting ...
... covering of hives in winter . CHAPTER XVII . STINGS . If bees had not been furnished with weapons of de- fence , the probability is great that they would have been destroyed centuries ago . The treasures of a bee - hive are so tempting ...
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The Handy Book of Bees: Being a Practical Treatise on Their Profitable ... A. Pettigrew Visualização integral - 1870 |
The Handy Book of Bees: Being a Practical Treatise on Their Profitable ... A. Pettigrew Visualização integral - 1870 |
The Handy Book of Bees: Being a Practical Treatise on Their Profitable ... A. Pettigrew Visualização integral - 1875 |
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