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Here is an August 2019 "back to school" post to give you a feel for it. I love the old photos they post.
The School Year Has Begun For Many Youngsters.
Here is a Lesson for Young Beekeepers
Via: Historical Honeybee Articles - Beekeeping History
Here is a Lesson for Young Beekeepers
Via: Historical Honeybee Articles - Beekeeping History
Image: Circa 1902 to 1926 - Apis Mellifica School Room Wall Chart by Prof. Dr. Paul Pfurtscheller.
Dr. Paul Pfurtscheller was an Austria zoologist, known best for his series of 38 lithograph zoological school charts. He initially designed these pull down charts to use in his own classrooms, but they were quickly recognized as exceptional works, and began being used at the Zoological Institute University. These charts are very rare; printed between 1902 and 1926.
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The following article not related to above image.
circa. 1873 - Lessons for Young Beekeepers
Lesson 1 - Natural History
1. To what order of insects does the bee belong?
Hymenoptera.
2. Why so named?
Hymenoptera is from two Greek words that mean "wing'' and "membrane;" it is applied to all insects that have four membranous wings.
3. To what genus does the honey bee belong?
Apidae.
4. Why is it so named?
From the Latin Apis, a bee. From this word comes also apiary, apiarian, etc. This word apis is prefixed to some other term to denote the different species of the honey bee. Thus, Apis Mellifica, the common black bee; Apis Ligustica, or Apis Ligurienne, the Italian or Ligurian bee; Apis Fasciata, the Egyptian bee; Apis Indica, the East Indian species, and so on.
5. What is the meaning of Mellifica?
It is from two Latin words that mean "honey" and "to make," hence it means "honey-making." It might, with equal propriety, have been applied to any other species besides the black bee.
6. Describe the bee briefly.
A bee is a true insect that is, one that has six legs, four wings, and whose body is divided into three distinct parts or segments, called the Head, Thorax, and Abdomen.
7. Describe the head.
It is triangular in shape and is furnished with two compound eyes, three simple eyes, and two antennae.
8. Describe the compound eyes.
Viewed through the microscope, they seem to be made up of a great number of little eyes, hexagonal in shape and are arranged regularly. They seem to be fixed, incapable of motion.
-National Agriculturist.
Source:
The Indiana Progress, Indiana, Pennsylvania, April 03, 1873
1873 - Lessons for Young Beekeepers
The Indiana Progress, Indiana, Pennsylvania, April 03, 1873
1873 - Lessons for Young Beekeepers
Image: Apis Mellifica Wall Chart by Prof. Dr. Paul Pfurtscheller