Eva Crane

The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This definitive work by world-renowned bee authority Eva Crane offers a fascinating account of bees and their complex relations with both humans and animals. Comprehensive, absorbing, and lavishly illustrated, this scholarly, yet accessible volume explores how bees, honey and other bee products have been gathered and utilized throughout the world. Beginning with the rock paintings of the Mesolithic cave dwellers, readers will learn about the variety of methods used by human beekeepers, the stratagems used by animal honey-hunters, and the multitude of products humans have derived from bees. The first in-depth book on the subject, the "World History of Beekeeping and Honey-Hunting" is the ultimate work on bees for scholars in biology and the life sciences, professional and amateur beekeepers, and anyone who is interested in bees or the collection of honey.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 720
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136746697
• Artikelnr.: 39450426

Autorenporträt

Eva Crane

Inhaltsangabe

PART I Setting the Scene 2. The Ancestry of Honey-Storing Insects 3.
Honey-Storing Insects and their World Distribution 4. Features of Honey
Bees in Relation to their Use by Man 5. Animals other than Man in Relation
to Bees PART II Opportunistic Honey Hunting by Man 6. Man's First
Interactions with Bees and Honey 7. Honey and Bee Hunting, with Examples in
the Mediterranean Region and Middle East 8. Honey Hunting in Africa South
of the Sahara 9. Honey Hunting in Temperate-Zone Europe 10. Honey Hunting
in Asia East of Persia 11. Honey Hunting in the Americas and Oceania:
Stingless Bees 12. Honey and Bee Hunting in the Americas and Oceania:
Introduced Honey Bees 13. Honey Hunting: Bumble Bees, Honey-Storing Wasps
and Honey Ants PART III History of Collecting Honey from Owned or Tended
Nests 14. Ownership of Nests and Nest Sites: General Features, and Apis
mellifera Nests 15. Ownership, and Rights of Using, Nests and Nest Sites in
Asia East of Persia 16. Cavity Nests of Honey Bees: Tending and Beekeeping
17. Cavity Nests of Other Honey-Storing Insects: Ownership and Tending PART
IV Honey Bees that Nest in the Open: Tending and Beekeeping 18. The Giant
Honey Bee Apis dorsata: Tending and Beekeeping 19. The Dwarf Honey Bee Apis
florea: Tending and Beekeeping PART V History of Traditional Beekeeping
using Fixed-Comb Hives 20. Originations of Hive Beekeeping, and Its Early
Development in Egypt 21. Traditional Hive Beekeeping to the East, South and
West of the Mediterranean 22. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in Mediterranean
Islands 23. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in Ancient Greece 24. Traditional
Hive Beekeeping in the Roman World 25. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in
Europe I. The South 26. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in Europe ll. The
Northern Forest Zone 27. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in Europe ill. West of
the Forest Zone 28. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in Africa South of the
Sahara 29. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in Asia East of Persia 30.
Traditional Hive Beekeeping with Stingless Bees 31. Traditional Hive
Beekeeping with Honey Bees in the Americas and Oceania 32. History of
Apiaries PART VI History of Practices in both Traditional and Movable-Frame
Beekeeping 33. History of Protective Measures against Stinging by Bees 34.
History of Controlling Bees with Smoke and Other Substances 35. History of
Migratory Beekeeping 36. Transport and Spread of Honey Bees around the
World 37. History of Observation Hives PART VII Development of Beekeeping
Using More Advanced Hives 38. Beekeeping Using Improved Traditional
Fixed-Comb Hives 39. Traditional Movable-Comb Hives with Top-Bars 40.
Rational Improvements in Hives, 1649-1851 PART VIII Development of
Beekeeping Using Movable-Frame Hives 41. Impact of Langstroth's
Movable-Frame Hive on World Beekeeping 42. History of Beekeepers'
Associations and Beekeeping Journals 43. Inventions and Advances that made
Movable-Frame Beekeeping more Productive 44. History of Rearing Queens and
Bees for Beekeeping 45. History of the Use of Bees for Crop Pollination
PART IX History of Bee Products 46. History of the Treatment of Honey and
Beeswax, and their Trade 47. History of the Uses of Honey 48. History of
Drinks Made by the Fermentation of Honey 49. History of the Uses of Beeswax
50. History of the Use of Bees as Stinging Insects 51. History of Other
Products from Bees PART X Bees in the Human Mind 52. The Growth of
Knowledge about Honey Bees and their Products 53. Bees and Beekeeping:
History of Gender Roles and of a bee community