Humanity to Honey Bees: or Practical Directions for the Management of Honey Bees upon an Improved and Humane Plan.. Este artículo no está disponible.Humanity to Honey Bees: or Practical Directions for the Management of Honey Bees upon an Improved and Humane Plan.

pp.xxxiv, 306 with fold-out engraved frontis., one further fold-out engraved plate (of the apiary at Delabere Park, Berkshire) and 10 other engravings. 8vo. Hardback. Neat signature date 1855 and small blind stamp of J. Calt, Bookseller to the Queen [Victoria] to ffep. Just occasional minor spotting and marking o/w. contents fine. Original blind-decorated boards in thor. vg. condition. A very pleasing copy indeed. Harding 215. This work benefited greatly from revisions and enlargements. 'Nutt lived as a boy at Wisbech. A draper's assistant of no great schooling, he became interested in bees during a long convalescence. He asserts that he invented his collateral hive before ever reading a book on bees. He acquired many patrons and subscribers and made the hive and method very well known.' (Harding).