. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. VOL. VII. JUNE, 1897. NO. 6. The Bees of Queen Annes's Reign. BY BESSIE L. PUTNAM. A little volume has recently fallen into my hands which, though contain- ing some erroneous,—yea, even ludi- crous statements, indicates that a knowledge of the structure and habits of bees had advanced, even in the beginning of the eighteenth ceatury, far beyond the rudimentary stage; while there is manifested a careful and pains-taking search for the truth by its author that commands the re- spect of the reader throughout. The book is leather bound, and a strong w
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. VOL. VII. JUNE, 1897. NO. 6. The Bees of Queen Annes's Reign. BY BESSIE L. PUTNAM. A little volume has recently fallen into my hands which, though contain- ing some erroneous,—yea, even ludi- crous statements, indicates that a knowledge of the structure and habits of bees had advanced, even in the beginning of the eighteenth ceatury, far beyond the rudimentary stage; while there is manifested a careful and pains-taking search for the truth by its author that commands the re- spect of the reader throughout. The book is leather bound, and a strong witness to the superiority of cloth binding in preference to this more ancient and, in the opinion of some, more durable material; for bar- ring the yellow color that accompan- ies age, it is in good condition save the splitting of the covers. This sel- dom occurs with a cloth bound book that is properly cared for, but is the usual condition to which the substan- tial (?) leather binding is too speedily reduced. After the style of the time, long s's are used unless the let- ter is final, and all nouns begin with a capital letter. At the close of each page, too, as though to help the read- er in holding the thought, the first word of the succeeding page is given. The book is entitled, "The True Amazons: or The Monarchy of ; And by the title page purports, "Be- ing a New Discovery and Improve- ment of those wonderful Creatures. Wherein is Experimentally Demon- strated . 1. That they are all governed by a QUEEN. 2. The Amazing Beauty and Dig- nity of her Person. 3. Her extraordinary Authority and Power. 4. Their Exceeding Loyalty and unparrall'd Love to their QUEEN. 5. Their Sex, Male and Female. 6. The Manner of their Breedings. 7. Their Wars. ? 8. Their Enemies, With Direc- tions plain and easy to manage them, both in Straw Hives and Transparent boxes; so that with laying out Four or Five Pounds, in three or four years, if the Summers are kind, you may get T
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