A manual of rational bee-keeping, tr. by A.F.G.L. Gower1879 |
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... prevents a bee - keeper from giving his bees , at the right moment , the attention they require . We will give a few examples in support of our assertion . A bee - master may be fully aware that combs which have been perforated by the ...
... prevents a bee - keeper from giving his bees , at the right moment , the attention they require . We will give a few examples in support of our assertion . A bee - master may be fully aware that combs which have been perforated by the ...
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... prevent us , after the operation is com- pleted , from placing a fresh hive under each of these hives respectively , or upon each of them a super , as we think best . As we said before , we admit that rational bee On Rational Bee ...
... prevent us , after the operation is com- pleted , from placing a fresh hive under each of these hives respectively , or upon each of them a super , as we think best . As we said before , we admit that rational bee On Rational Bee ...
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... prevents the bees from collecting , sees them perishing from hunger , and not from cold as is generally supposed . This is proved by hundreds and , at times , even thousands of bees being found with their heads inserted in the cells ...
... prevents the bees from collecting , sees them perishing from hunger , and not from cold as is generally supposed . This is proved by hundreds and , at times , even thousands of bees being found with their heads inserted in the cells ...
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... preventing the wood from warping , and also of strengthening the hive . Along the top of this frame - work , and on the inner surface at the back and front , a rabbet should be cut three - eighths of an inch wide and one - quarter of an ...
... preventing the wood from warping , and also of strengthening the hive . Along the top of this frame - work , and on the inner surface at the back and front , a rabbet should be cut three - eighths of an inch wide and one - quarter of an ...
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... prevents damp from affecting the wood , and at the same time renders it more durable . * Direct to Dorier , menuisier à Nyon , canton de Vaud , Suisse , or to Mr. Lee , hive manufacturer , Bagshot , Surrey . CHAPTER V. ANATOMY OF THE ...
... prevents damp from affecting the wood , and at the same time renders it more durable . * Direct to Dorier , menuisier à Nyon , canton de Vaud , Suisse , or to Mr. Lee , hive manufacturer , Bagshot , Surrey . CHAPTER V. ANATOMY OF THE ...
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