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The quest for the perfect hive : a history of innovation in bee culture / Gene Kritsky.

Title: The quest for the perfect hive : a history of innovation in bee culture / Gene Kritsky.
Author: Kritsky, Gene.
Publication: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Description

xii, 198 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Subject

Bee culture > History
Beehives > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

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 -- The British invasion of America -- Transition -- Bee houses -- Bee calendars -- Beekeeper's paraphernalia -- The end of innovation.

ISBN

9780195385441 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009022959

OCLC

645670848

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Harvard Library