Featured on PDR in the collection Charles Butler’s The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees (1634 edition)

The earliest full-length work of apiculture published in English, which popularised the discovery that bee colonies have queens instead of kings.

Also appearing in the collection…

Illustration concerning the arrangement of hives

Artist

Date

1623

From

The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees


Underlying Rights

Public Domain Worldwide

Digital Rights

No Additional Rights


Image Size

967 x 976 Higher res available?