Practical Queen Rearing (Classic Reprint)

Practical Queen Rearing (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Practical Queen Rearing<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.