STRANGE BUT TRUE: THE WEIRD HISTORY OF BEEKEEPING: Talking to Bees, Honey Thieves, Sacred Hives, Bee Beards, Strange Cures, and Other Bizarre Stories from the Hive - Couverture souple

Press, SparkTrail; Wann, Guy

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798171047276

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Humanity has been stealing honey for thousands of years, and somehow the bees have remained in charge.

From prehistoric honey hunters dangling from cliffs to ancient Egyptians floating beehives down the Nile, the history of beekeeping is far stranger than the tidy jars of honey on a grocery-store shelf suggest. Along the way, people worshipped bees, whispered family news to their hives, believed bees could predict the future, prescribed honey and venom as medicine, stole entire colonies, marched hives into battle, and occasionally covered themselves with thousands of bees for entertainment.

In Strange But True: The Weird History of Beekeeping, discover the bizarre, funny, and surprisingly fascinating stories behind one of humanity’s oldest relationships with the natural world.

Inside you’ll discover:

• Ancient honey hunters risking their necks for something sweet

• Egyptian beekeepers moving hives along the Nile

• The strange belief that bees could be created from dead cattle

• Sacred bees, royal bees, and the tradition of “telling the bees”

• Medieval straw skeps and honey harvests that could end badly for the colony

• Honey thieves and surprisingly serious laws about stolen swarms

• How scientists finally discovered the “king bee” was actually a queen

• The inventions that transformed modern beekeeping

• Soldiers discovering that angry bees make memorable weapons

• Poisonous “mad honey” that made armies regret dessert

• Doctors experimenting with honey, wax, propolis, and bee venom

• Performers deliberately growing enormous bee beards

• Bees traveling by truck and even through the mail

• The strange story of Buckfast bees and Africanized honey bees

Funny, quirky, and packed with real history, this is not a beekeeping instruction manual. It is the story of what happened when humans spent thousands of years trying to manage an insect that never seemed particularly interested in being managed.

Perfect for history lovers, beekeepers, gardeners, honey fans, trivia addicts, and anyone who enjoys discovering the wonderfully strange decisions people made in the past.

Because humans may own the hive, but the bees have clearly been running the operation all along.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798171047276
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 181
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg