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Practical Queen Rearing
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The writer has had the privilege of visiting many of the most extensive queen breeders of America, both north and south, and has tried to present, in the following pages, all the best methods of practice in use in these various apiaries. The book is small, as it has been thought wise to make the descriptions brief and to the point, rather than to elaborate them fully. Beekeepers are usually busy men, and want facts presented as simply and directly as possible in a book of this kind.
The works of Alley, Doolittle, and Sladen have been freely consulted, as well as various texts and bulletins on beekeeping. An effort has been made to make the book worthy of its title, "Practical Queen-Rearing," and methods not of practical value have largely been eliminated.
The illustrations for the most part have appeared in the American Bee Journal, many of them in connection with the author's contributions. A few have been borrowed from other works, as indicated in the text.
Beekeeping has shown a remarkable propensity toward expansion during recent months, the tendency being more and more toward specialization. The demand for good queens has taxed even the most extensive yards to the limit. It is with the hope that the methods here given will prove useful, and that the man of experience, as well as the novice, may find something of value in its pages, that this book is offered to the public.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The writer has had the privilege of visiting many of the most extensive queen breeders of America, both north and south, and has tried to present, in the following pages, all the best methods of practice in use in these various apiaries. The book is small, as it has been thought wise to make the descriptions brief and to the point, rather than to elaborate them fully. Beekeepers are usually busy men, and want facts presented as simply and directly as possible in a book of this kind.
The works of Alley, Doolittle, and Sladen have been freely consulted, as well as various texts and bulletins on beekeeping. An effort has been made to make the book worthy of its title, "Practical Queen-Rearing," and methods not of practical value have largely been eliminated.
The illustrations for the most part have appeared in the American Bee Journal, many of them in connection with the author's contributions. A few have been borrowed from other works, as indicated in the text.
Beekeeping has shown a remarkable propensity toward expansion during recent months, the tendency being more and more toward specialization. The demand for good queens has taxed even the most extensive yards to the limit. It is with the hope that the methods here given will prove useful, and that the man of experience, as well as the novice, may find something of value in its pages, that this book is offered to the public.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
110 pages, Paperback
First published October 7, 2008
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December 27, 2018
This book was published in 1918, so some of the information is outdated and would be highly questioned now. For instance, the writer recommends that if a beekeeper wants to requeen an entire apiary with pure stock, the beekeeper can requeen a single hive with a pure queen, raise enough queens from that hive to requeen the rest of the apiary, then after drones are being produced by those queens, to raise enough queens to requeen all those hives from the original queen again. However, modern knowledge would indicate that this scheme would result in inbreeding problems and diploid drone syndrome within the apiary.
Despite this, there are also some nuggets of advice, including pros and cons of using mating nucs versus full-sized nucs for mating, and the book certainly offers value as a historical study on beekeeping as the author presents many different methods for raising queens and most often tells who originally came up with each method.
Despite this, there are also some nuggets of advice, including pros and cons of using mating nucs versus full-sized nucs for mating, and the book certainly offers value as a historical study on beekeeping as the author presents many different methods for raising queens and most often tells who originally came up with each method.
February 8, 2018
Skip this edition
The book itself is a classic, but it is dated. The real complaint I have is with this Kindle edition. It is clear the seller scanned and ocr'd a paper copy. Even that would be fine, except the ocr is poor and it's clear no attempt was made to clean it up. The page headers are still there, except they appear in the middle of pages. Blocks of ocr gibberish are all over.
The book itself is a classic, but it is dated. The real complaint I have is with this Kindle edition. It is clear the seller scanned and ocr'd a paper copy. Even that would be fine, except the ocr is poor and it's clear no attempt was made to clean it up. The page headers are still there, except they appear in the middle of pages. Blocks of ocr gibberish are all over.
November 4, 2019
A good start
A quick read with many of the basics are covered here. Although written some time ago, much of the lessons are practiced today.
A quick read with many of the basics are covered here. Although written some time ago, much of the lessons are practiced today.
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