Anyone fancy spending a small fortune on a book....?

[Haughton Honey]

Take a peek at 'fleabay'.

Item number: 310265385993

 

[Kev]

Very Nice, but dont have deep enough pockets! Have picked up a few old beekeeping books over the years but dont have anything that old!

Kev

 

[Heather]

Yes, but if Moses wrote it...... its a fair price...

Difficult to swallow coffee with tongue firmly in cheek!

 

[madasafish]

Chicken feed!

Err.. no..

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

I'll wait for the paperback

 

[Storm™]

There seems to be an online version available here - fees/registration apply

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3482675?lookfor=subject:Bees.&offset=136&max=677

 

[MuswellMetro]

interesting to see that he has imposed the society he knows from royal court on the bees REX ( king), Duc (court of Dukes) plebs ( workers) Fuci (Males)

not polictically correct in those days to say the Queen rules

 

[BKF Admin]

I have seen this copy before(Same signature inside),it was being sold by a specialist London dealer but is now held by someone in oxford.

It was for sale before at the same price..

 

[Queens59]

Umm, I don't think my bottletop collection would stretch that far...

 

[Dishmop]

Is there a "Dummy's" version?

 

[keithgrimes]

According to the photo he was 'Beemaster to the King's Most Excellent Majesty'. What a great title.

 

[Dishmop]

'Beemaster to the King's Most Excellent Majesty'.

surely that means that he was beekeeper to a Most Exellent Majesty belonging to the King.

well, in todays language anyway..

 

[Dishmop]

I thought the picture of the hive in the book looked familiar...

I have seen it on a site about the Warre hive and also theres a bit about building an octagonal hive.

 

[Nijal]

Dishmop - could you tell us a little more about this octagonal hive in the picture?

 

[psafloyd]

But that is surely a bit steep for an old, cut about version with a 20th century rebinding? Isn't it?

 

[Dishmop]

Slight mistake....

Hexagonal.....


Cabt add web address on here.

Google Images "warre hexagon"

 

[psafloyd]

Dishmop - could you tell us a little more about this octagonal hive in the picture?

Two of you failed to notice the hive is not octagonal, but hexagonal. You know, the same shape as...

...comb.

 

[Dishmop]

an old, cut about version with a 20th century rebinding? Isn't it?

Dont be rude about Joan Collins

 

[Dishmop]

The book is also available to download in PDF format.

Trouble is......... its written in a simiar style to the language of the Gendarme in Allo Allo.

 

[Dishmop]

Two of you failed to notice the hive is not octagonal, but hexagonal. You know, the same shape as...

anything above 4 confuses me...