Honey Bee Pests, Predators and Diseases

Ithaca: Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press, 1978. Octavo, 430 pages. FIRST EDITION. A collection of essays on the enemies of honey bees, from the leading scholars in the field. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with only a touch of edgewear. Inscribed by the author, "To Herman Sanders, with very best wishes - Roger A. Morse". Dr. Herman Sanders was the first American doctor to be tried for euthanasia, in 1950. While Sanders was ultimately acquitted of the charges, he lost his license to practice medicine (it was eventually reinstated) and spent much of his remaining life as a beekeeper in Candia, New Hampshire.