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Annotated Bibliography: "Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry"

• Tusser, Thomas. "Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry". England. 1580. Reprinted Kessinger Publishing.

This is a primary source that focuses on husbandry of all animals. Each chapter is a month of the year. There is an abstract and more detail in the second half of the chapter. Suck topics as when to plant and harvest crops, how to deal with pests, and how to take care of animals are presented. Honey bees are featured in six of the twelves months. This is probably because beekeeping maintenance is repetitive once each phase starts. This is an easy read as it written in high English. The font has been updated to modern English as well.

Medieval Flowers, Plants, and Trees Bees Like

As found in period beekeeping manuscripts:

Almond                               Oak
Apple                                  Peach 
Balme                                 Pear
Bean Flowers                      Pine
Betony Flowers                   Poppy
Birch                                   Red Damask Rose  
Borage                                Rosemary
Buglosse Flowers                Roses
Cassia                                  Saffron
Fir Trees                              Sage
Flower Deluce                     Savory
French Bean Flowers          Sweet Marjoram
Holly                                   Thyme
Ivy                                      Violets
Lavender                            White Poppies
Lime                                   Wild Thyme
Mellilot                               Willow