Beeconomy: What Women and Bees Can Teach Us about Local Trade and the Global Market - Hardcover
by Tammy Horn
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Availability:In StockContributor:Tammy HornTheme:Sex & Gender/FemininePublish date:11/9/2011Pages:392
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813134352ISBN-10:0813134358UPC:9780813134352Book Category:Social Science, Technology & Engineering, NatureBook Subcategory:Women's Studies, Agriculture, AnimalsBook Topic:Beekeeping, Insects & SpidersSize:9.19 x 6.42 x 1.18 inchesWeight:0.663Product ID:SC1QQRXV44
Queen bee. Worker bees. Busy as a bee. These phrases have shaped perceptions of women for centuries, but how did these stereotypes begin? Who are the women who keep bees and what can we learn from them? Beeconomy examines the fascinating evolution of the relationship between women and bees around the world. From Africa to Australia to Asia, women have participated in the pragmatic aspects of honey hunting and in the more advanced skills associated with beekeeping as hive technology has advanced
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813134352ISBN-10:0813134358UPC:9780813134352Book Category:Social Science, Technology & Engineering, NatureBook Subcategory:Women's Studies, Agriculture, AnimalsBook Topic:Beekeeping, Insects & SpidersSize:9.19 x 6.42 x 1.18 inchesWeight:0.663Product ID:SC1QQRXV44
Tammy Horn was raised with beekeepers on both sides of her family. She is the director of Coal Country Beeworks, a multi-service project in which surface mine sites are reclaimed with pollinator habitat in eastern Kentucky.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
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