Bees and Their Keepers: From waggle-dancing to killer bees, from Aristotle to Winnie-the-Pooh

By: Lotte Möller

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Synopsis: With deep knowledge and a sharp wit, Lotte Möller unfolds our understanding of bees and bee lore from antiquity to the present. A beekeeper herself, she gives insight into the activity in the hive and describes the bees' natural order and habits. She explores the myths of the past, and how and when they were replaced by fact. For example, the heated discussions that broke out in the eighteenth century when it was discovered that the hive was ruled by a queen, not a king as had been the belief since Aristotle. In her travels Möller encounters a host of colourful characters, from a trigger-happy Californian beekeeper raging against both killer bees and bee politics, to the warring beekeepers on the island of Læso and Brother Adam of Buckfast Abbey, breeder of the Buckfast queen now popular throughout Europe and beyond. Bees and Their Keepers is a compelling cultural history for the beekeeper and general reader alike.Translated from the Swedish by Frank Perry(P)2020 Quercus Editions Limited

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781529411294
Related ISBNs:: 9781529405262
Publisher:: Quercus
Date of Addition:: 10/20/22
Copyrighted By:: Lotte Möller
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Narrated By:: Julie Maisey
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Animals, Art and Architecture, Outdoors and Nature, Technology, Social Studies, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:: Frank Perry