A Manual of Beekeeping for English- speaking Beekeepers! E B Wedmore. 1942

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This scarce book on beekeeping is fully entitled: A Manual of Beekeeping for English-speaking Beekeepers. It was written by E B Wedmore, M.I.E.E, F.Inst.P.It was published by Edward Arnold & 'Co London.It was first published in 1932. This is the next reprint, dated 1942.The book is 413 pages long incl. index.Chapters are:Workers Drones and QueensQueen and Drone RaisingComb, Wax and PropolisHoney Part 1Honey Part 2The Apiary - Moving BeesHives and their AccessoriesFrames, Sections and FoundationAppliances and Their UseSeasonal Management Special ManagementFeeding - Robbing - Package BeesSwarming and Swarm PreventionManipulation - Part 1Manipulation - Part 2Diseases and PestsInventions and DiscoveriesEach chapter is split into many sub chapters, for instance within the Workers, Drones and Queens:General; Points of a good Queen, Egglaying and Development, Royal Jelly, Rate of Laying, Growth of Brood Nest, Queen Failure and Supersedure, Balling of Queen, Finding the Queen, Catching and Holding a Queen, Clipping the Queen's Wing, Marking the Queen, Loss of Queens and its Detection, Tests for Queenlessness, re-Queening, Introduction of a Local Queen, Introduction of travelled Queen, Introduction of a Virgin Queen, Use of Nucleus in Queen Introduction, Methods of Queen Introduction, Use of Travelling Queen Cage, Direct Introduction, Use read more