Description
The True Amazons: Or, the Monarchy of Bees. Being a new Discovery and Improvement of those wonderful creatures.
by Warder, Joseph
Longman & Astley., 1726. 6th. Ed, 108 plus. Hardback. Inscription to front inside cover. Contents in good condition for their age. Original brown leather boards (leather worn in places). Raised bands on spine. An important and successful book, which went through many editions and was translated into German and Italian.
A noted beekeeper, Charles Butler was one of the first scholars to theorise that bees were led by a Queen rather than a King-bee as suggested by the Greek philosopher Aristotle and of course to keep within the goodwill of the kings. His book, the Feminine Monarchy, first published in 1609 with revised editions in 1623 and 1634, provides an excellent overview of beekeeping still today.