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Thomas Wildman
A treatise on the management of bees : wherein is contained the natural history of those insects, with the various methods of cultivating them, both ancient and modern, and the improved treatment of them : to which are added the natural history of wasps and hornets, and the means of destroying them.
London : Printed for the author ; and sold by T. Cadell, 1768.
xix, [1], 169, [7] p. : 3 fold. plates. 28 cm.

Call no.: SF525 .W5 1768

Thomas Wildman’s influential A Treatise on the Management of Bees concentrates on the practical aspects of bee keeping, including the proper places to locate hives and methods for extracting honey from wax.

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