This book contains a collection of articles on rearing, housing, and re-queening the hive, with supplementary information on hive management, swarming, honey production, marketing, common problems, and much more besides. Clear and concise, and containing much in the way of beginner-friendly tips and information, this text constitutes an invaluable tool for the novice bee-keeper. It is not to be missed by collectors of bee-keeping literature. The articles of this collection include: 'A Manual of Bee-Keeping', 'A Practical Treatise on the Hive and the Honey Bee', 'Bee Keeping for All - A Manual of Honey Craft', 'Bees and Bee Keeping - A Plain and Practical Work', 'Dzierzon's Rational Bee Keeping - Or The Theory and Practice of Dr. Dzierzon', etcetera. We are proud to republish this vintage book, now complete with a new and specially commissioned introduction on bee-keeping.