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The antient bee-master's farewell, or, Full and plain directions for the management of bees to the greatest advantage : Disclosing further improvements of the hives, boxes and other instruments, to facilitate the operations; especially that of separating double and treble hives or boxes; with certainty and safety, without injuring the bees; interspersed with new but important observations: the whole judiously adapted to general use; with an appropriate method for the curious. Also brief remarks on Schirach, and other distinguished apiators on the continent. Deduced from a series of experiments during thirty years. Illustrated with plates / by John Keys, of Bee-Hall, Near Pembroke.