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• Seasonal Management of Commercial Apiaries (extension bulletin #228; East Lansing, MI: Michigan State College, 1941), by Russell H. Kelty (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Better Beekeeping: or, How We Made Bees Pay (Huntington, Ind., W. H. Ball Print. Corp., c1936), by David Franklin Rankin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American Bee Keeper's Manual: Being a Practical Treatise on the History and Domestic Economy of the Honey Bee (fourth edition; New York: C. M. Saxton and Co., 1857), by T. B. Miner
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at Cornell
• The Honey-Bee: Its Natural History, Physiology and Management (London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1827), by Edward Bevan (page images at Cornell)
• Humanity to Honey Bees: or, Practical Directions for the Management of Honey Bees Upon an Improved And Humane Plan, By Which the Lives of Bees May Be Preserved, and Abundance of Honey of a Superior Quality May Be Obtained (Wisbech, UK: Printed by H. and J. Leach for the author, 1832), by Thomas Nutt (page images at Cornell)
• La Ruche "Minimax", Brevetée S. G. D. G.: Minimum de Travail, Maximum de Rendement, Méthode Perfectionnée d'Apiculture Simpliste, Intensive et Productive (in French; 1920-1921), by P. Bernard
  • 1920 main volume: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • 1921 supplement: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• L'Apiculture Simpliste (2 volumes in French; Paris: Librairie et Imprimerie Horticoles, 1910), by Sylviac (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained: Being a Complete Analysis of the Whole Subject, Consisting of the Natural History of Bees, Directions for Obtaining the Greatest Amount of Pure Surplus Honey With the Least Possible Expense, Remedies for Losses Given, and the Science of "Luck" Fully Illustrated--the Result of More Than Twenty Years' Experience in Extensive Apiaries (New York: C. M. Saxton, 1853), by M. Quinby
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at Cornell
• The Natural History of Bees: Comprehending the Uses and Economical Management of the British and Foreign Honey-Bee, Together With the Known Wild Species, Illustrated By Thirty-six Plates Coloured from Nature, With Portrait and Memoir of Huber (Naturalist's library, Entomology, v6; Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; et al., 1840), by William Dunbar (page images at Cornell)
• Small Scale Beekeeping, by Curtis Gentry (illustrated HTML at telus.net)
• The Bee-keeper's Directory: or, The Theory and Practice of Bee Culture, in All its Departments, the Result of Eighteen Years Personal Study of Their Habits and Instincts (San Francisco: H. H Bancroft and Co., 1861), by J. S. Harbison (page images at Cornell)
• The Bee-Keeper's Text-Book: or Facts in Bee Keeping; With Alphabetical Index, Being a Complete Reference Book on All Practical Subjects Connected with the Culture of the Honey Bee in Both Common and Movable-Comb Hives, Giving Minute Directions for the Management of Bees in Every Month of the Year, and Illustrating the Nucleus System of Swarming (Cleveland: Viets and Savage, 1864), by N. H. King and H. A. King (page images at Cornell)
• Fifty Years Among the Bees (Medina, OH: A. I. Root Co., 1911), by C. C. Miller (page images at Cornell)
• Las Abejas (second edition, in Spanish; Mexico City: Secretaria de Fomento, 1912), by J. de Boer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Las Abejas (third edition, in Spanish; Mexico City: Secretaria de Fomento, 1916), by J. de Boer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Manual of the Apiary (1876), by Albert John Cook (page images at Cornell)
• A Description of the Bar-and-Frame Hive, Invented by W. Augustus Munn, Esa.; With an Abstract of Wildman's Complete Guide for the Management of Bees Throughout the Year (London: J. Van Voorst, 1844), by W. Augustus Munn, contrib. by Daniel Wildman (page images at Cornell)

• Beekeeping in California (1987), by University of California Agricultural Extension Service (PDF at beeguild.org)
• Fundamentals of California Beekeeping (1971), by University of California Agricultural Extension Service (PDF at beeguild.org)

• A Treatise Concerning the Right Use and Ordering of Bees: Newlie Made and Set Forth According to the Authors Owne Experience (Which By Any Heretofore Hath Not Been Done (London: T. Orwin for T. Woodcocke, 1593), by Edmund Southerne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Reformed Common-Wealth of Bees: Presented In Severall Letters and Observations To Sammuel Hartlib; With The Reformed Virginian Silk-Worm, Containing Many Excellent and Choice Secrets, Experiments, and Discoveries For Attaining of National and Private Profits and Riches (London: Printed for G. Calvert, 1655), by Samuel Hartlib
  • HTML at EEBO TCP
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at Cornell

• ABC de L'Apiculture: Encyclopédie De Tout Ce Qui A Rapport à l'Abeille, Miel, Ruches, Instruments, Plantes Mellifères, etc., Résultats D'observations et d'Expériences De Milliers D'apiculteurs, Contrôlées Ensuite Par Un Travail Pratique Dans Nos Propres Ruchers (second edition, in French; Paris: E. Bondonneau, 1909), by A. I. Root and E. R. Root (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The ABC of Bee Culture: A Cyclopaedia of Everything Pertaining to the Care of the Honey-Bee: Bees, Honey, Hives, Implements, Honey-Plants, etc.; Facts Gleaned From the Experiences of Thousands of Bee Keepers All Over Our Land, Afterward Verified by Practice Work in Our Own Apiary (100th thousand; Medina, OH: A. I. Root Co., 1905), by A. I. Root and E. R. Root (multiple formats at archive.org)
• El ABC y XYZ de la Apicultura (in Spanish; Medina, OH: A. I. Root Co., 1914), by A. I. Root and E. R. Root, trans. by Otto Hollender (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Practical Treatise on the Hive and Honey-Bee (third edition; New York: C.M. Saxton, 1863), by L. L. Langstroth (multiple formats at archive.org)

• A Description of the Bar-and-Frame Hive, Invented by W. Augustus Munn, Esa.; With an Abstract of Wildman's Complete Guide for the Management of Bees Throughout the Year (London: J. Van Voorst, 1844), by W. Augustus Munn, contrib. by Daniel Wildman (page images at Cornell)

• Honey of Danger: A Detective Story (New York: Chelsea House, c1927), by Frank Lillie Pollock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oak Openings, by James Fenimore Cooper (Gutenberg text)
• The Oak-Openings: or, The Bee-Hunter (new edition, 2 volumes in 1; New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1854), by James Fenimore Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Oak-Openings: or, The Bee-Hunter (new edition; New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1857), by James Fenimore Cooper (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Oak-Openings; or, The Bee-Hunter (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869), by James Fenimore Cooper (page images at MOA)

• Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keeper's Manual (Northampton, MA: Hopkins, Bridgman and Co., 1853), by L. L. Langstroth
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at Cornell
• A Practical Treatise on the Hive and Honey-Bee (third edition; New York: C.M. Saxton, 1863), by L. L. Langstroth (multiple formats at archive.org)

• A Méh (third edition, in Hungarian; Budapest: Patria Literary Venture and Printing Press Reszvenytarsasag, 1914), by Ambrózy Béla Báró (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Irish Bee Guide: A Manual of Modern Bee-Keeping (first edition; 1904), by Joseph Robert Garven Digges (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Practical Bee Guide: A Manual of Modern Beekeeping (fifth edition; 1921), by Joseph Robert Garven Digges (page images at HathiTrust)

• Honey Plants of North America (North of Mexico): A Guide to the Best Locations for Beekeeping in the United States (Medina, OH: A.I. Root Co., 1926), by John H. Lovell (page images at HathiTrust)

• The North American Bee Journal (partial serial archives)

• Bee-Breeding in the West (Cincinnati: E. Lucas, 1841), by Thomas Affleck (page images at Cornell)

• Wisconsin Beekeeping, by Wisconsin State Beekeepers Association (partial serial archives)

• Gleanings in Bee Culture (partial serial archives)
• American Bee Journal (partial serial archives)
• Die Biene und ihre Zucht (selected volumes of a German bee culture journal, 1873-1922; US access only for post-1879 volumes) (partial serial archives)

• Kupsnickaren (in Swedish; 1919), by Alexander Lundgren (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Historic Michigan, Land of the Great Lakes (2 statewide volumes plus a third local volume that varies per set; third volume in this set dedicated to Washtenaw County; Dayton, OH: National Historical Association, ca. 1924-1926), ed. by George N. Fuller and Byron Alfred Finney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorials of a Half-Century in Michigan and the Lake Region, by Bela Hubbard (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)
• Souvenir: National Grange in Michigan (1902), ed. by Ellsworth A. Holden (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)
• Gazetteer of the State of Michigan, by John T. Blois (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)

• Archaeological Atlas of Michigan (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1931), by W. B. Hinsdale, illust. by Edward J. Stevens (page images at HathiTrust)

• Men of Progress: Embracing Biographical Sketches of Representative Michigan Men, by Evening News Association (Detroit) (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)
• Michigan Biographies (2 volumes, 1924), by Michigan Historical Commission
  • Volume I (A-K): multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov
  • Volume II (L-Z): multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov
• General History of the State of Michigan (Detroit: R. D. S. Tyler and Co., 1873), by Charles R. Tuttle
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at MOA
• The Red Book of Michigan: A Civil, Military and Biographical History, by Charles Lanman (page images at MOA)
• The Autobiography of Woodbridge N. Ferris, by Woodbridge N. Ferris (HTML at ferris.edu)

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