Not enough people read Maeterlinck today and this is a shame: the man was, unlike some Nobel prize winners in literature, truly a fantastic writer with a uniquely tuned, sharp, comprehensively philosophical but never didactic mind. Coming from a well-to-do Belgian family in the age before Television, Radio, and all the other usually destructive distractions [...]
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The Mason-Bees written by J. Henri Fabre. The book was published in 1925 by Garden City Publishing Company in Garden City, New York. It was translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos, who was a fellow of the zoological society of London. The book contains a total of 315 pages not including the introduction. J. Henri [...] An excerpt from the book; The Mason-bees, the Caterpillar of the Great Peacock Moth and many others, when subjected to similar tests, are guilty of the same illogical behaviour: they continue, in the normal order, their series of industrious actions, though an accident has now rendered them all useless. Get your today free How birds and bees and other insects and plants all interact with each other. An interesting slant. Get your free eBook version today as well as other bee keeping greats in our collection An excerpt from the book; Having been frequently requested to explain the use of the bar-and-frame-hive, in the management of bees, I have been induced to print the following pamphlet, to point out the advantages this new hive possesses over the common ones. I have added extracts from various authorities to show the importance of transporting [...] This is another exceptional eBook. If you have read Langstroth’s Hive & The Honeybee you will be equally impressed with the detail that is included here. There are numerous diagrams and illustrations and the wording, even though almost 150 years old, is clear and very easy to understand. There is even a humorous slant to the book [...] Not as comprehensive as LL Langstroth’s The Hive & The Honey but just as informative. Though I personally love the musical and slightly whimsical manner of Langstroth, I know many of you will prefer this simpler, more straightforward way that Weeks has written his manual to get you started in beekeeping. Get this and all our other [...] Though originally published in 1858 most of the content in this book is of great interest today for our common and not so common ills. Stating the obvious, please ALWAYS seek professional medical advise about the content of this ebook as e cannot be held responsible for any illness, reactions of complications that arise. Click the [...] This book is 150 years old, but the information within it is timeless. Langstroth’s observations on bee behavior and his awe at nature’s wonders are as relevant today as they ever were. If you are interested in “how we know what we know,” then this is book is mandatory. Langstroth amply credits earlier naturalists: Dzierzon, [...] |
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