The Quest for the Perfect Hive: A History of Innovation in Bee Culture

Gene Kritsky

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Oxford University Press, 2013

0195385446 / 9780195385441

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Cloth hardcover, reprint, xii + 198 pages, numerous b&w illustrations in text, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Minor mild handling wear only. In a crisp untorn dust jacket. -- This historical survey traces the 4,500-year evolution of the beehive, from ancient Egyptian clay cylinders to the revolutionary Langstroth hive used today. It examines how human ingenuity has shaped beekeeping by balancing the biological needs of the bee with the economic desires of the harvester. The book documents the transition from "bee killing" (where hives were destroyed to get honey) to "bee management", highlighting key inventions like the movable frame and the discovery of "bee space" (the 1851 breakthrough by Lorenzo Langstroth). It covers diverse traditional methods, including Greek baskets, Roman tiles, and medieval straw skeps, showing how geography dictated hive design. Kritsky argues that the "perfect hive" was a pursuit driven by both scientific curiosity and the industrial need for efficiency, ultimately changing our relationship with the natural world. The author uses his background in Egyptology to provide rare insights into the earliest known apiaries. Through the extensive use of US Patent Office records, the text showcases the bizarre and often failed hive designs of the 19th-century "honey gold rush". -- Gene Kritsky is a professor at Mount St. Joseph University and is widely considered the world's leading expert on periodical cicadas. He is unique for being both an entomologist and an Egyptologist, which allowed him to translate ancient hieroglyphs depicting beekeeping for this book.…

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Titre
The Quest for the Perfect Hive: A History of Innovation in Bee Culture
Auteur
Gene Kritsky
Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Année de publication
2013
État de l'article
Near Fine
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0195385446
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780195385441
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1st Edition

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