Through a wicket-gate in an old wall lies a bee garden of fourscore hives beside a stream, kept by a wise old bee-master. Edwardes follows the bees and their keepers through the year, from February among the hives to swarming and the honey harvest, setting the lore of the old skeps against the methods of a twentieth-century bee-farmer. This enlarged edition is three times the length of the original.
Gentle, observant country writing for bee-keepers, gardeners and lovers of the English countryside. Download the free EPUB.