After many months of waiting the first ten volumes of 90 selected candidates from the E.F. Phillips rare beekeeping book collection are now available for anyone with internet access at > http://bees.library.cornell.edu/ <. Thanx must go out to EAS for starting a challenge for matched donations > http:easternapiculture.org <. However, other Beekeeping Associations in the US have made generous donations as have individuals. One must also recognize the helpful Mann Library staff who will continue to work on this project You can become a part of this valuable project by donating as well!! Either look to the main site above or go to the EAS site to get information in PDF format > http://easternapiculture.org/programs/phillips.pdf<. This is one part of an initiative to digitize early american agricultural literature at Mann Library at Cornell University for "The Core Historical Literature of Agricultural" > http://chla.library.cornell.edu/ < Original text/figures can be viewed as well as a text version that can be searched & downloaded. This is an exciting initiative that started with the vision by E.F. Phillips himself > http://bees.library.cornell.edu/b/bees/about.html <. Finally the WWW makes it possible for beekeepers to see these valuable works by early American beekeeping authors. Here is the list of books now available for search on line at > http://bees.library.cornell.edu/ <. • Alley, Henry. The beekeeper's handy book, or, Twenty-two years' experience in queen-rearing, containing the only scientific and practical method of rearing queen bees, and the latest and best methods for the general management of the apiary Henry Alley, Wenham, Mass. : 1883. • Doolittle, Gilbert M.. Scientific queen-rearing as practically applied; being a method by which the best of queen-bees are... T. G. Newman, Chicago : 1889. • Dzierçzon, Jan. Dzierzon's rational bee-keeping, or, The theory and practice of Dr. Dzierzon Houlston & sons, London : 1882. • Huber, Franđcois. New observations on the natural history of bees Printed for J. Anderson ; Edinburgh : 1806. • Langstroth, L.L. Langstroth on the hive and the honey-bee; a bee keeper's manual... Hopkins, Bridgman, Northampton : 1853. • Miller, C. C. Fifty years among the bees A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio : 1911. • Munn, W. Augustus. A description of the bar-and-frame hive John Van Voorst, London : 1844. • Phillips, Everett Franklin. Beekeeping [1915?] • Quinby, M. Mysteries of bee-keeping explained; being a complete analysis of the whole subject : ... C. M. Saxton & Co., New York : 1853. • Root, A. I. The A B C of bee culture; a cyclopµdia of everything pertaining to the care ... A.I. Root, Medina, Ohio : 1879. Mike Griggs President Finger Lakes Beekeepers PResident EAS 2002 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and other info --- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::