Project Gutenberg 2022-01-30 Public domain in the USA. 171 Cumming, John 1807 1881 12028932 Bee-Keeping Bee Keeping $aUnited Kingdom :$bSampson Low, Son & Marston,$c1864. Tom Cosmas produced from materials provided by The Internet Archive and placed in the Public Domain. "Bee-Keeping" by John Cumming is a guide on the practice and principles of apiculture written in the mid-19th century. The work is intended for people interested in beekeeping, especially those seeking to profit from it while also caring for the welfare of the bees. The author emphasizes practical advice and humane methods for managing bees effectively. The opening of the text introduces the author's motivations for writing this guide after he received numerous inquiries regarding bee management from readers of The Times. Cumming shares his personal experiences with beekeeping, detailing several anecdotes about his encounters with bees and the joy they bring to their keepers. He reflects on collective gratitude from bees towards those who treat them with kindness and highlights the significant role bees play in the environment by pollinating flowers. Overall, the beginning sets the stage for a practical and accessible exploration of beekeeping that promises to delight and inform both novices and seasoned enthusiasts alike. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/beekeeping00cumm 20210919135700cumming 1864 GB Reading ease score: 68.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Bees Bee culture SF Text Category: How To ... Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 393211 2025-06-26T12:14:12.247085 text/html 370042 2024-10-18T18:51:57 text/html 1588384 2025-06-26T12:14:20.928061 application/epub+zip 1589133 2025-06-26T12:14:14.469054 application/epub+zip 220160 2025-06-26T12:14:12.987104 application/epub+zip 1922019 2025-06-26T12:14:25.218050 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1882786 2025-06-26T12:14:19.398038 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288403 2022-09-30T08:59:22.138057 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346581 2025-06-26T12:14:11.309090 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 326741 2024-10-18T18:51:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16605 2025-06-26T12:14:25.374057 application/rdf+xml 15432 2025-06-26T12:14:13.104054 image/jpeg 2256 2025-06-26T12:14:13.046061 image/jpeg 1653889 2025-06-26T12:14:12.419133 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia