How to Keep Bees Or; Bee Keeping in Rhode Island

'How to Keep Bees' is a detailed and accessible guide to bee-keeping and apiary management, with information on starting out, constructing an apiary, acquiring bees, and much more. Written in simple, plain language and profusely illustrated, this comprehensive handbook constitutes a must-have for modern readers with practical interest in the subject. Contents include: 'Introduction', 'Pasturage', 'Location of the Hives', 'Hives', 'Frames, Supers, Etc.', 'Honey Boards', 'Bee Escapes', 'Drone and Queen Trap', 'Smoker', 'Foundation Fasteners', 'Honey Extractor', 'Hove Tools', 'Comb Foundation', 'Clothing', 'Uniformity of Appliances', 'Making a Start', etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on Bee-keeping.