Project Gutenberg 2022-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 152 Payne, J. H. The Bee Keeper's Guide, Fourth Edition Containing concise practical directions for the management of bees, upon the depriving system $aUnited Kingdom :$bT. C. Newby,$c1842. Tom Cosmas produced from materials freely available at The Internet Archive and placed in the Public Domain. "The Bee Keeper's Guide, Fourth Edition" by J. H. Payne is a practical manual on beekeeping written during the early 19th century. This guide focuses on the management of bees using the depriving system, which aims to extract honey without harming the bee populations. The book serves as a comprehensive resource for novices and experienced beekeepers alike, offering insights based on nearly forty years of observation and practice. The content of the book details various aspects of beekeeping, including the ideal conditions for apiaries, specifications for bee hives, methods for purchasing bees, and practical techniques for honey extraction. Each chapter provides step-by-step instructions on managing swarms, feeding weak stocks, preventing theft, and dealing with pests. Notably, the author emphasizes gentle handling of bees to ensure their survival while maximizing honey production, as well as the importance of environmental considerations and proper equipment for beekeeping. With an emphasis on profit and sustainability, Payne’s guide presents an accessible approach to cultivating bees in a manner that benefits both the keeper and the environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/beekeepersguide00payngoog,https://archive.org/details/page_43 20220207162106payne 1842 GB Reading ease score: 48.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Bees Bee culture SF Text Category: How To ... Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 144297 2025-06-26T13:13:38.122491 text/html 119909 2024-10-18T19:42:01 text/html 481449 2025-06-26T13:13:42.785498 application/epub+zip 480345 2025-06-26T13:13:39.439499 application/epub+zip 145121 2025-06-26T13:13:38.717463 application/epub+zip 516479 2025-06-26T13:13:45.181436 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 490594 2025-06-26T13:13:42.066450 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157517 2022-09-30T11:25:22.588565 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 119217 2025-06-26T13:13:37.833456 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 99280 2024-10-18T19:42:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16545 2025-06-26T13:13:45.313476 application/rdf+xml 8666 2025-06-26T13:13:38.808465 image/jpeg 1655 2025-06-26T13:13:38.763450 image/jpeg 476592 2025-06-26T13:13:38.151505 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