How To Keep Bees: A Handbook For The Use Of Beginners

by Anna Botsford Comstock

""How To Keep A Handbook For The Use Of Beginners"" is a comprehensive guide to beekeeping written by Anna Botsford Comstock and originally published in 1905. The book covers all aspects of beekeeping, from the basics of bee biology and behavior to the equipment and techniques needed to maintain a healthy and productive hive. Comstock provides detailed instructions on how to construct hives, manage colonies, and harvest honey. The book also includes information on common bee diseases and pests, as well as tips for preventing and treating them. Throughout the text, Comstock emphasizes the importance of careful observation and gentle handling of bees, stressing the need for beekeepers to work in harmony with their hives. With its clear and concise writing style, ""How To Keep Bees"" remains a valuable resource for both novice and experienced beekeepers.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

274 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2007

About the author

Anna Botsford Comstock (1854-1930) was an acclaimed author, illustrator, and educator of natural studies. The first female professor at Cornell University, her over 900-page work, The Handbook of Nature Study (1911), is now in its 24th edition. Comstock was an American artist and wood engraver known for illustrating entomological text books with her her husband, John Henry Comstock including their first joint effort, The Manual for the Study of Insects (1885). She wrote Confessions To A Heathen Idol, published in 1906, under the name Marian Lee.