Beekeeping.- Thorley (John)

Name: Beekeeping.- Thorley (John)
SKU: 93080742
Price: 180 GBP
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Beekeeping.- Thorley (John) MelissÄ“logia [Greek] or, the female Monarchyâ€¦, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece, 4 plates (1 folding), by Thomas Loveday, with 'Explanation of the Plates' leaf at end, light browning, C3torn, new endpapers, modern half calf, [British Bee Books 97], 8vo, for the Author, 1744. *** The frontispiece is a copy after the first drawing of bees made with the aid of a microscope. "Rev. John Thorley's secret was the puffball narcotic, which he used when uniting colonies; its use in 1597 by Gerard and had been long practised in the Netherlands" (British Bee Books, 97).

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