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SEQUEIRA (Eduardo). As Abelhas: Tratado de Apicultura Mobilista. Porto. 1921. - SEQUEIRA (Eduardo) As Abelhas: Tratado de Apicultura Mobilista . 4.ª edição refundida e augmentada. Volume I. Porto: Companhia Portugueza Editora, 1921. 2 v.: il.; 185 mm. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged, of one of the leading Portuguese treatises on mobile beekeeping, originally published in 1895 and regularly reprinted throughout the first half of the 20th century (2nd ed., 1900; 6th ed., 1942). The work systematically explains the biology and social organization of bees, the architecture of mobile hives, and beekeeping techniques, from the collection and gathering of swarms to the extraction and preservation of honey. In the decades following its publication, it was considered the most complete treatise on the subject published in Portugal, with the illustrations increasing in quality with each subsequent edition. Highly regarded. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate