Tammy Horn

Broschiertes Buch

Bees in America

How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation

Beschreibung

Honey bees--and the qualities associated with them--have quietly influenced American values for four centuries. During every major period in the country's history, bees and beekeepers have represented order and stability in a country without a national religion, political party, or language. Bees in America is an enlightening cultural history of bees and beekeeping in the United States. Tammy Horn, herself a beekeeper, offers a varied social and technological history from the colonial period, wh

Autor

Tammy Horn was raised with beekeepers on both sides of her family. She is the director of Coal Country Beeworks, a multi-service project in which surface mine sites are reclaimed with pollinator habitat in eastern Kentucky.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Kentucky
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 538g
• ISBN-13: 9780813191638
• ISBN-10: 0813191637
• Artikelnr.: 21795693