author
John Ready Lockard
b. 1858
A practical early-20th-century writer on wild honeybees, he is best known for sharing hands-on advice for tracking bees to their trees. His work captures a rural craft that mixed patience, woodcraft, and close observation of nature.
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About the author
Born in 1858, John Ready Lockard was an American beekeeper and outdoor writer remembered today for Bee Hunting, first published in 1908. The book was issued by A. R. Harding Publishing and later preserved by projects like Project Gutenberg and LibriVox, which helped keep his work available to new readers.
Lockard wrote from experience, aiming to teach beginners how to find wild bee trees and understand the habits of honeybees in the field. His writing is straightforward and practical, which gives it the feel of advice passed directly from one enthusiast to another.
Reliable online records confirm his birth year as 1858, and some library and audiobook records list his life as 1858–1925. Beyond that, biographical detail appears limited, so his reputation rests mainly on the charm and usefulness of the surviving book that bears his name.