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100 1 _aCotton, Lizzie E., Mrs.,
_d1845-
245 1 0 _aBee Keeping for Profit. A New System of Bee Management (1891) :
_bThird Edition.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2022-04-04
508 _aTom Cosmas produced from materials provided by The Internet Archive and placed in the Public Domain.
520 _a"Bee Keeping for Profit: A New System of Bee Management" by Mrs. Lizzie E. Cotton is an instructional guide on apiculture written in the late 19th century. This work outlines Mrs. Cotton's unique approach to bee management, emphasizing a revolutionary method that promises to increase productivity and profitability in beekeeping. The book is particularly aimed at both novice and experienced beekeepers seeking effective strategies for managing their hives and optimizing honey production. At the start of the book, Mrs. Cotton shares her personal journey with beekeeping, highlighting the challenges she faced while learning traditional methods that led to failures and losses. She introduces her innovative "Controllable Hive" and a systematic approach to prevent swarming while encouraging higher honey yields. Throughout the opening section, she conveys her extensive experience and practical knowledge to reassure readers of her methods' effectiveness. Her emphasis on creating a supportive environment for bees, sound selection of queens, and disciplined hive management sets the stage for a structured exploration of profitable apiary practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Wm. M. Marks, 1891
653 _aBees
653 _aBee culture
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/cu31924003433673
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67770
999 _c108592
_d108592