Mehialaistalous.
1st. Ed. Pub. Finland. 1964 A total of 5 copies of this Journal from this period. 8vo. Softbacks. Text in Finnish. All in vg. condition.
With online tools like Google Translate, the contents can be interpreted.
£20.00 [ref: 54015]

The Japanese Bee Journal.
1st. Ed. Pub. Japanese Bee Journal. 1963-65 A total of 4 copies of this Journal from this period. 8vo. Softbacks. Text in Japanese. All in vg. condition.
£20.00 [ref: 54014]

Tidsskrift for Biavl.
1st. Ed. Pub. Danmarks Biavlerforening. 1964-65 A total of 5 copies of this Journal from this period. 8vo. Softbacks. Text in Danish. All in vg. condition.
With online tools like Google Translate, the contents can be interpreted.
£20.00 [ref: 54016]

29. Butler, C.G. The World of the Honeybee. The New Naturalist.
Rev. Ed. Rep. Pub. Collins. 1967 8vo. A thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw. Ken Frost’s bookplate to ffep. Not price clipped.
A comprehensive insight into world and life of the honeybee, making this book of tremendous interest for beekeepers, entomologists and all those interested in natural history.
£16.00 [ref: 57080]

A Country Curate [Filleul, P.V.M.] The English Bee-keeper; Or, suggestions for the practical management of Amateur and Cottage Apiaries.
1st. Ed. Pub. Francis & John Rivington. 1851 pp.xvi, 212 with b/w. illus. and 8-page publisher's catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Ownership stamp to front-pastedown, ffep and title and further neat ownership insc. dated 1857. Contents in fine condition. Original blind decorated boards in vg. condition showing some wear to spine & lightly marked. Scarce. Harding 271.
Describes a window apiary. Filleul talks about all aspects of country beekeeping from establishment, stocking, use of straw hives & wooden boxes to feeding bees and the equipment needed.
£175.00 [ref: 54674]

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A.L.O.E. (A lady of England) pseud., (Tucker, Charlotte Maria). Wings And Stings: A Tale For The Young.
Pub. T. Nelson and Sons. 1885 pp.108 with 10 hand-coloured plates. 8vo. Hardback. End-papers showing darkening. Minor foxing. Two leaves with a little loss to margin. Otherwise contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards in vg. condition, a little spine lean. Harding 284.
Copies of this work tend to have black and white plates and sometimes, a hand-coloured frontispiece. This copy has both the hand-coloured frontispiece and a further 9 hand-coloured plates. A beekeeping tale for children by the prolific Victorian writer Charlotte Marie Tucker, who wrote under the pseudonym A.L.O.E. (A lady Of England).
£80.00 [ref: 55153]

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Abbott, C. N. (Ed.). The British Bee Journal and Bee-Keepers’ Adviser. Volume III to Volume X. (May 1875 - April 1883)
1st. Ed. Pub. British Bee Journal. 1875-83 Eight volume run of this monthly journal. With b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Hardbacks. Some loss to right hand-side of last leaf of Vol. III (the adverts) and circa half of the title-page of Vol. IX. O/w. contents fine. Original, uniform, decorated maroon cloth with a couple of internal repairs. Bindings firm, boards in good to vg. condition. A great chance to obtain an early run of this important journal.
A fascinating insight into period beekeeping, full of practical advice.
£295.00 [ref: 57464]

Abbott, C.N. (Ed.). The British Bee Journal and Bee-Keeper’s Adviser. Volume VIII (May 1880 - March 1881).
1st. Ed. Pub. B.B.J. 1880-81 Monthly journal, all parts bound in one volume, with index plus b/w., illus. Small 4to. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. More recently bound in maroon cloth boards, in nr. fine condition
A fascinating insight into period beekeeping, full of practical advice.
£70.00 [ref: 57436]

Abbott, C.P. Queen Breeding for Amateurs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bee Craft. 1947 pp.48 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A vg. softback.
£10.00 [ref: 56879]

Abbott, C.P. Queen Breeding for Amateurs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bee Craft. 1947 pp.48 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A nr. fine softback.
£12.00 [ref: 57077]