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The quest for the perfect hive : a history of innovation in bee culture / Gene Kritsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kritsky, Gene.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bee culture--History.
- Bee culture.
- Beehives--History.
- Beehives.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Honey bees and the origin of beekeeping
- The forest beekeepers
- Skeps
- Bee niches
- Early box hives
- Beekeeping comes to America
- Glass jar beekeeping
- The crystal palace exhibition : a beekeeping showcase
- Bars, frames, and the bee space
- Resistance to change
- Algred Neighbour : British beekeeping ambassador
- Transition
- Bee houses
- Bee calendars
- Beekeeper's paraphernalia
- The end of innovation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195385441
- 0195385446
- OCLC:
- 401164358
- Publisher Number:
- 99936529725
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