The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting [Hardcover]

Eva Crane (Author)

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Hardcover: 720 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (Oct 13 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415924677
ISBN-13: 978-0415924672
Product Dimensions: 2.9 x 2.3 x 0.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 2.3 Kg
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #532,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #26 in Books > Outdoors & Nature > Field Guides > Butterflies
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"Highly recommended as an outstanding source of information in bees and beekeeping. General readers; undergraduates through professionals." -- Choice

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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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Amazon.com: 4.2 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Expensive Addition to Beekeeping Library, Mar 7 2009

By A. S. Templeton - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting (Hardcover)

The Author provides very good coverage in the areas with which she and her network of peers were familiar. But belying the book's title, there are huge gaps in her knowledge -- for which she does allow and begs forgiveness.

Her field research and travels in parts of Europe, the Middle East and Southeast-Asia places greatly influence -- perhaps too much -- her coverage of beekeeping in these areas. She provides good general coverage of traditional hives in history and in current usage.

However, her research pretty much stops at 1998 or so, and thus has little to say about the recent proliferation of top bar and other unframed hives in "emerging economies" and in the West.

Substantially missing are discussion of post-Langstroth developments in hive design and beekeeping methodology. For instance, the early-mid 20th Century writings of Abbé Émile Warré and later non-Rationalist trends in beekeeping are not mentioned. Warré's Ruche Populaire (People's Hive) has been rescued from a half-century of obscurity, and is gaining adherents in the post-Rational beekeeping movement of the 21st Century.

So this book has excellent coverage of beekeeping's history, proving that humans have been doing it for an awfully long time; yet it is a dated work of pre-internet scholarship, and so its limitations must be kept in mind.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great on detail, not an easy night's read., July 5 2007

By Lorinda Titus "The Bee Lady" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting (Hardcover)

If you are scientifically-minded and love lots of little details, this is a great book for you. Eva Crane has well-documented her resources, and if you can get through all the details, you find great stories as to the origin and development of beekeeping in different cultures. However, this is not a storybook, or a book you might expect a child to read - it is stock full of info. I personally love this book, and think it is well-worth the high price. However, it is not a book for everyone.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The world history of beekeeping, May 12 2007

By S. W. Barlow - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting (Hardcover)

If you are at all interested in bees or you are a beekeeper this is the book for you!

Eva Crane has just about left no stone unturned in her research for this book and has covered all four corners of the Globe.

The evolution of beekeeping is fascinating and this book cover an increadable time line from early man right up to present time.

The illustrations are plentiful and very well presented throughout the book.

A must for any beekeepers library.

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