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Huber's New Observations Upon Bees The Complete Volumes I & II (Hardcover)
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Huber's New Observations Upon Bees The Complete Volumes I & II (Hardcover)
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What Huber discovered and wrote about here, laid the ground work
for all the practical knowledge we have of bees today. His
discoveries were so revolutionary, that beekeeping can be divided
in two eras very easily as pre-Huber and post-Huber. This edition
of Huber's Observations by far surpasses any other edition ever
printed in the English language.First it has both Volume I and II,
while every English edition currently in print that I am aware of
is only Volume I of the 1809 edition. which is only a third of the
final Huber book. The second volume was published in 1814 in French
5 years after that 1809 edition and contains Huber's research on
the origin of wax, the construction of comb, the ventilation of the
hive and much more.Second, it is the best English translation from
the original French and the only one I know of that has both
volumes. C.P. Dadant, was uniquely qualified to do the translation.
Dadant was born in France and French was his first language, yet he
spent most of his life beekeeping; and writing and editing
beekeeping articles and books in America in English. Third, all of
the English editions currently in print have only 2 plates (if
any). Only the previous Dadant edition (1926) had all 14 of the
original plates but unfortunately they were only halftones of some
old yellow copies and are not very readable. This edition has new
scans from a very good condition edition of the original 1814
French of both Volumes of Nouvelles Observations Sur Les Abeilles
so these are clearer than any previous edition other than the
original 1814 French edition. An additional engraving of Huber's
work from Cheshire's book, plus an engraving of Francis Huber from
the Dadant edition have been included. In addition, 7 more photos
of a museum quality reproduction of Huber's Leaf hive have also
been included. All figures have been split out and enlarged and put
in the text where they are referred to. Photos of the original
plates are included at the back for historic and artistic
purposes.Fourth, to put this book in context I have included a
memoir of Huber by Professor De Candolle, a friend of Huber. This
gives a bit of background on Huber's life.Fifth, the only other
edition to come close to this, the 1926 edition by Dadant, was in
very small print. This one is 12 point and a typeface that appears
to be larger and is very readable.
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