. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. BEEKEEPING CHAPTER I BEEKEEPING AS AN OCCUPATION The keeping of bees for the pleasure derived from studying them and also for the profit arising from their products is the vocation or avocation of many thousands of peo- ple in all sections of the United States and Canada. In former times, the bee- hive, or more properly the skep, "gum" or box-hive (Fig. 1), was found on al- most every farm, in im- portance occupying a place similar to that which poul- try does to-day. Then as now, beek
. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. BEEKEEPING CHAPTER I BEEKEEPING AS AN OCCUPATION The keeping of bees for the pleasure derived from studying them and also for the profit arising from their products is the vocation or avocation of many thousands of peo- ple in all sections of the United States and Canada. In former times, the bee- hive, or more properly the skep, "gum" or box-hive (Fig. 1), was found on al- most every farm, in im- portance occupying a place similar to that which poul- try does to-day. Then as now, beekeeping was usu- ally not the sole business of those interested. The number of farmer-beekeep- ers is now being reduced in most parts of the fig. 1. - A primitive box-hive. United States and bees are no longer quite so commonly seen in the country as in earlier Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951. New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co. , ltd.
Size: 1364px × 1831px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbees, bookyear1915
