Description

This book contains a comprehensive treatise on bee-keeping in British Columbia, with information on honey-production, swarming, seasonal requirements, breeding, common problems, economy, and much more besides. Complete with invaluable information and helpful illustrations and photographs, this text constitutes a must-have for the discerning bee-keeper, and makes for a great addition to collections of bee-keeping literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Apiarian Possibilities of British Columbia', 'Source of Honey-Flow', 'White Clover The Chief Source of Nectar', 'Quality of the Honey not from Rich Hive', 'Seasonal Developments', 'Honey-Dew', 'Fall Feeding', 'Wintering', 'Races of Bees', 'Market Price of Honey', etcetera. Many antique books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are proudly republishing this book, now in an affordable modern edition.