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Sweetness and Light : The Mysterious History of the Honeybee Hardcover - 2005
by Hattie Ellis
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- Title Sweetness and Light : The Mysterious History of the Honeybee
- Author Hattie Ellis
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 243
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Crown Publishing Group, The, New York
- Date 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # G1400054052I5N10
- ISBN 9781400054053 / 1400054052
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.72 x 6.04 x 0.96 in (22.15 x 15.34 x 2.44 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004004116
- Dewey Decimal Code 595.799
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Summary
Did you know that Abraham Lincoln and Muhammad Ali both consumed bee pollen to boost energy, or that beekeepers in nineteenth-century Europe viewed their bees as part of the family? Or that after man, the honeybee, Apis mellifera, is the most studied creature on the planet? And that throughout history, honey has been highly valued by the ancient Egyptians (the first known beekeepers), the Greeks, and European monarchs, as well as Winnie the Pooh? In Sweetness and Light, Hattie Ellis leads us into the hive, revealing the fascinating story of bees and honey from the Stone Age to the present, from Nepalese honey hunters to urban hives on the rooftops of New York City. Uncovering the secrets of the honeybee one by one, Ellis shows how this small insect, with a collective significance so much greater than its individual size, can carry us through past and present to tell us more about ourselves than any other living creature.From the Trade Paperback edition.