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K. LEWICKI - Beekeeping. A collection of news about the life and nature of bees. 1888.

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LEWICKI Kazimierz - Beekeeping. A collection of information on the life and nature of bees applied to the needs of beekeepers and a guide to rationally run an apiary in Warsaw frame hives. With 39 woodcuts in the text. Second edition revised and enlarged. Warsaw 1888; druk. B. Kopczyński. 8, pp. [8], 178, V, [1]. broch.
Buczynski 557. spine covered with paper, rubbing of covers, taped tear of front cover, some pages taped at spine, stains inside in places. Underlining of text fragments. On the front cover and on the title page a vignette depicting K. Lewicki's Beekeeping Museum, on the back cover a honeycomb with bees. Includes, among others: How the mother hatches, How many queens can be in a hive, The droning bee, The working bee, On honey, pollen, kite, wax structure and the activities of bees in the hive, Natural swarming, Settling swarms, Knowing the condition of bees after flight and behavior, Assault or robbery and remedies, Revision of the hive, Overwintering, The hive and its parts, General laws of management.
K. Lewicki (1847-1902) - bee breeder, designer of a new type of hive, founder of the Beekeeping Museum. In order to gain experience in beekeeping, he visited many European countries. "During one of his many trips in search of a place for the museum, he suffered an accident, as a result of which he soon lost his eyesight. Treatment abroad was unsuccessful, so he decided to write a testament in the form of a beekeeping manual, which would contain all his knowledge in this field. This is how the book 'Beekeeping. A collection of news about the life and nature of bees'" (Enc. bee. 89).
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