John Ready Lockard

John Ready Lockard was an American writer remembered for Bee Hunting, a practical guide drawn from long personal experience. Sources on the book describe him as living from 1858 to 1925, and the work presents itself as the result of roughly forty years spent learning in what he called nature's schoolroom.

His writing focuses on finding wild bees, reading their movements, and turning close observation into useful field knowledge. That gives his work an appealing mix of instruction and firsthand enthusiasm, especially for readers interested in natural history, traditional rural skills, and early beekeeping.

Available biographical information appears to be limited, but records connect him with Fulton County, Pennsylvania, where he was born in January 1858 and where he died in July 1925.