This book contains a detailed guide to bees and bee-keeping, with chapters on history, anatomy, habits, common problems, and much more. Profusely illustrated and full of timeless information, \"A Book about Bees\" constitutes a must-read for modern bee-keepers and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage bee-keeping literature. Contents include: \"The Cottage Bee-keepers' Home\", \"Wild Bees and Flowers\", \"Italian Bee\", \"Queen, Worker, and Drone Bees\", \"The Queen and Her Attendants\", \"Queen Cells in Different Stages\", \"The Cottager and his Bees\", \"Hiving a Swarm\", \"The Head, Thorax\", \"Abdomen\", \"Of a Bee\", \"Wing of a Bee\", \"Egg and Larvae of the Bee\", 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. | A Book about Bees - Their History Habits and Instincts; Together with The First Principles of Modern Bee-Keeping for Young Readers by F G Jenyns