Taylor begins with the life of the hive, the queen and the working bees, then turns to practice: swarming against depriving systems, straw skeps and supers, wooden bar boxes, glass and collateral hives such as Nutt’s, bee-houses, siting and aspect, summer management, wax and propolis. Each type of hive is described and weighed for economy and usefulness.
A standard Victorian handbook, a pleasure for beekeepers curious about how their craft was practised before the modern frame hive. Download the free EPUB.