The Handy Book of Bees: Being a Practical Treatise on Their Profitable ManagementWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1875 - 162 páginas |
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... weather be unfavourable for ten days after the birth of a queen , she is not mated . Some five - and - twenty years ago we caused a hive to rear a queen in the month of September , after all its drones had been killed . This was done ...
... weather be unfavourable for ten days after the birth of a queen , she is not mated . Some five - and - twenty years ago we caused a hive to rear a queen in the month of September , after all its drones had been killed . This was done ...
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... weather . This fact accounts for the non - impregnation of queens during unfavourable weather . Very cold or stormy weather may , and often does , we daresay , prevent queens from leaving their hives on these errands . Failure is very ...
... weather . This fact accounts for the non - impregnation of queens during unfavourable weather . Very cold or stormy weather may , and often does , we daresay , prevent queens from leaving their hives on these errands . Failure is very ...
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... weather is cold or wet , drones do not leave their hives ; and even when the weather is fair and favourable , they do not all leave their hives at the same time . As the reader is already aware that copula- tion takes place outdoors ...
... weather is cold or wet , drones do not leave their hives ; and even when the weather is fair and favourable , they do not all leave their hives at the same time . As the reader is already aware that copula- tion takes place outdoors ...
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... weather they take longer excursions into the country for pleasure than working bees do for food . If a hive be removed in fine weather two miles , some few bees and a great many drones return to the old place . If removed three or four ...
... weather they take longer excursions into the country for pleasure than working bees do for food . If a hive be removed in fine weather two miles , some few bees and a great many drones return to the old place . If removed three or four ...
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... weather , a great accumulation of honey . We have known a hive gain 20 lb. weight in two days . This year , at Cairnie , in Aber- deenshire , Mr Shearer had a hive that gained 10 lb. in weight in one day . The Ingenuity of Bees . To ...
... weather , a great accumulation of honey . We have known a hive gain 20 lb. weight in two days . This year , at Cairnie , in Aber- deenshire , Mr Shearer had a hive that gained 10 lb. in weight in one day . The Ingenuity of Bees . To ...
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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 |
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