World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting

Eva Crane was director of the International Bee Research Association for 35 years, and is one of the world's leading authorities on bees. Her other books include The Archaeology of Beekeeping (1984), Bees and Beekeeping: Science Practices and World Resources and From Where I Sit: Essays on Bees, Beekeeping, and Science.

"[Crane] provides extensive coverage of historical and methodological information about bees, beekeeping, and honey. It is an excellent reference source...This fascinating volume is a useful addition to all reference collections." -- American Libraries"Highly recommended as an outstanding source of information in bees and beekeeping. General readers; undergraduates through professionals." -- Choice

• PART I Setting the Scene 2. The Ancestry of Honey-Storing Insects 3. Honey-Storing Insects and their World Distribution 4. Features of Honey Bees in Relation to their Use by Man 5. Animals other than Man in Relation to Bees PART II Opportunistic Honey Hunting by Man 6. Man's First Interactions with Bees and Honey 7. Honey and Bee Hunting, with Examples in the Mediterranean Region and Middle East 8. Honey Hunting in Africa South of the Sahara 9. Honey Hunting in Temperate-Zone Europe 10. Honey Hunting in Asia East of Persia 11. Honey Hunting in the Americas and Oceania: Stingless Bees 12. Honey and Bee Hunting in the Americas and Oceania: Introduced Honey Bees 13. Honey Hunting: Bumble Bees, Honey-Storing Wasps and Honey Ants PART III History of Collecting Honey from Owned or Tended Nests 14. Ownership of Nests and Nest Sites: General Features, and Apis mellifera Nests 15. Ownership, and Rights of Using, Nests and Nest Sites in Asia East of Persia 16. Cavity Nests of Honey Bees: Tending and Beekeeping 17. Cavity Nests of Other Honey-Storing Insects: Ownership and Tending PART IV Honey Bees that Nest in the Open: Tending and Beekeeping 18. The Giant Honey Bee Apis dorsata: Tending and Beekeeping 19. The Dwarf Honey Bee Apis florea: Tending and Beekeeping PART V History of Traditional Beekeeping using Fixed-Comb Hives 20. Originations of Hive Beekeeping, and Its Early Development in Egypt 21. Traditional Hive Beekeeping to the East, South and West of the Mediterranean 22. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in Mediterranean Islands 23. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in Ancient Greece 24. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in the Roman World 25. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in Europe I. The South 26. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in Europe ll. The Northern Forest Zone 27. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in Europe ill. West of the Forest Zone 28. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in Africa South of the Sahara 29. Traditional Hive Beekeeping in Asia East of Persia 30. Traditional Hive Beekeeping with Stingless Bees 31. Traditional Hive Beekeeping with Honey Bees in the Americas and Oceania 32. History of Apiaries PART VI History of Practices in both Traditional and Movable-Frame Beekeeping 33. History of Protective Measures against Stinging by Bees 34. History of Controlling Bees with Smoke and Other Substances 35. History of Migratory Beekeeping 36. Transport and Spread of Honey Bees around the World 37. History of Observation Hives PART VII Development of Beekeeping Using More Advanced Hives 38. Beekeeping Using Improved Traditional Fixed-Comb Hives 39. Traditional Movable-Comb Hives with Top-Bars 40. Rational Improvements in Hives, 1649-1851 PART VIII Development of Beekeeping Using Movable-Frame Hives 41. Impact of Langstroth's Movable-Frame Hive on World Beekeeping 42. History of Beekeepers' Associations and Beekeeping Journals 43. Inventions and Advances that made Movable-Frame Beekeeping more Productive 44. History of Rearing Queens and Bees for Beekeeping 45. History of the Use of Bees for Crop Pollination PART IX History of Bee Products 46. History of the Treatment of Honey and Beeswax, and their Trade 47. History of the Uses of Honey 48. History of Drinks Made by the Fermentation of Honey 49. History of the Uses of Beeswax 50. History of the Use of Bees as Stinging Insects 51. History of Other Products from Bees PART X Bees in the Human Mind 52. The Growth of Knowledge about Honey Bees and their Products 53. Bees and Beekeeping: History of Gender Roles and of a bee community