The Practical Bee-Master. In which will be shewn how to manage bees either in straw hives or in boxes, without destroying them, and with more ease, safety and profit, than by any method hitherto made public.. This item is unavailable.The Practical Bee-Master. In which will be shewn how to manage bees either in straw hives or in boxes, without destroying them, and with more ease, safety and profit, than by any method hitherto made public.

pp.xii, 390 with one fold-out plate plus 1 leaf of advertisement, errata and postscript. 8vo. Hardback. Contents leaf bound after title page. Signature excised from front top corner of title page and following leaf (text not effected), o/w. contents in fine condition. Neat signature of 'Wm. Challis, Trafalgar, 1845' to ffep. Contemporary half-leather binding with marbled boards, showing some wear to leather at top of front hinge, all in vg. condition. Harding 135. This copy contains a more detailed errata and a postscript, thereby making the contents more comprehensive.