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A Honey of a Bibliography

October 2, 2009 by Cynthia Bertelsen

Beekeeping is farming for intellectuals. ~~Sue Hubbell, A Book of Bees Here are some of the many resources I’ve relied on for the series on honey and bees (9/28/09 through 10/1/09). If you read no other material on bees and beekeeping, be sure to read Dr. Eva Crane’s work. Letters from the Hive: An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind, by Stephen Buchmann and Banning Repplier (2005) In Letters from the Hive, Professor Stephen Buchmann takes us into the […]

Categories: Bibliographies, Books, Reference • Tags: Bees, Bibliographies, Honey Bees

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Panning for Gold: Harvesting Honey

September 29, 2009 by Cynthia Bertelsen

Left to their own devices, bees usually built their hives in hollowed-out trees or other such spaces. Through the centuries, people learned how find beehives with their highly sought-after honey. And they started creating new homes for bees, in a number of ways and styles. The following picture essay illustrates some of these unique, and not so unique, beehives. (Some experts believe bishops’ mitres served as models for beehives. Or maybe it was the other way around? Certainly the iconography […]

Categories: Agriculture, Art, Local foods • Tags: Agriculture, Art, Bee Hives, Honey Bees, Local foods

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Humans and Bees at Bicorp

Honey, a Taste Sweeter Than Wine

September 28, 2009 by Cynthia Bertelsen

THE BEE. Like trains of cars on tracks of plush I hear the level bee: A jar across the flowers goes, Their velvet masonry Withstands until the sweet assault Their chivalry consumes, While he, victorious, tilts away To vanquish other blooms. His feet are shod with gauze, His helmet is of gold; His breast, a single onyx With chrysoprase, inlaid. His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune; Oh, for a bee’s experience Of clovers and of noon! ~~ […]

Categories: Africa, Archaeology, Art, Spain • Tags: Archaeology, Bees, Bicorp, Emily Dickinson, Honey Bees, Spain, Zimbabwe

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Food forms the very essence of life, from the fruit fly to the elephant, with humans in between. So much of what we do revolves around cooking, eating, and the finding of food. Here you'll discover stories, meditations, and photographs celebrating the places that we call home. And, of course, the food that garnishes it all.

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