Alford, D.V. Bumblebees.
1st. Ed. Pub. Davis-Poynter. 1975 pp.xii, 352 with colour and b/w. photos., and illus. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Scarce.
The much preferred hardback first edition with colour and b/w. plates which were omitted from the later reprint.
£75.00 [ref: 61887]
Alford, D.V. Bumblebees.
1st. Ed. Pub. Davis-Poynter. 1975 pp.xii, 352 with colour and b/w. photos., b/w. text figs. and dist. maps. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Several related newspaper and journal articles loosely inserted.
The much preferred hardback first edition with colour and b/w. plates which were omitted from the later reprint.
£50.00 [ref: 65538]
Alford, D.V. The Life of the Bumblebee.
1st. Ed. Pub. Davis-Poynter. 1978 pp.80 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. A nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
£6.00 [ref: 56868]
Alford, D.V. The Life of the Bumblebee.
1st. Ed. Pub. Davis-Poynter. 1978 pp.80 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Small, neat address label to ffep. A thor. vg. hdbk. in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine.
£10.00 [ref: 52167]
Alford, D.V. The Life of the Bumblebee.
1st. Ed. Pub. Davis-Poynter. 1978 pp.80 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine. With Harrogate and Ripon Beekeeper’s Association Bulletin for May 1971 loosely inserted.
£6.00 [ref: 61717]
Alston, F. Skeps. Their History, Making and Use.
Pub. NBB. 1987 pp.105 with b/w. photographs and other figs. A new softback.
This is the only book to review the history of skep beekeeping. Further, the author clearly explains skep-making techniques.
£11.00 [ref: 41685]
Alston, Frank. Hives & Honeybees in Signs & Symbols.
1st. Ed. Pub. Northern Bee Books. 1998 pp.56 with b/w. and col. photos. 8vo. Softback. Contents fine. Covers slightly rubbed with closed tears to oval ‘window’ o/w. vg.
Many tangible signs, symbols, and motifs have developed which incorporate hives and honeybees. An interesting insight into the illustrative importance of bee symbols throughout the world.
£5.00 [ref: 63288]
Apimondia. (Ed.). Varroasis a Honeybee Disease.
1st. Ed. Pub. Apimondia Publishing House. 1977 pp.91 with b/w. photos. Royal 8vo. A vg. softback in gently sunned and lightly shelf-rubbed covers.
£4.50 [ref: 53218]
Armitt, J. Harold. Bee-keeping for Recreation and Profit. Relating craftmanship to the bee colony’s natural development and instinctive behaviour.
1st. Ed. Pub. A. A. Ladbrook. [1952] pp.98 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback.
£12.00 [ref: 59342]
Avebury, Lord. Ants, Bees, and Wasps. A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera.
15th. Rev. Ed. Pub. Kegan Paul. 1902 pp.xvii, 436 with 5 colour plates, b/w. illus. and 2 fold-out plates. 8vo. Hardback. Leonard Harrison Matthews (1901-86) copy with his signature, the leading academic, zoologist and prolific author who wrote British Mammals and Mammals in the British Isles in Collins’ New Naturalist series. Thor. vg. hardback with gently sunned spine.
£50.00 [ref: 61918]
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