Download or read book Dancing with Bees written by Brigit Strawbridge Howard and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Journey Back to Nature
Download or read book Bees in America written by Tammy Horn and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2006-04-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honey bees—and the qualities associated with them—have quietly influenced American values for four centuries. During every major period in the country's history, bees and beekeepers have represented order and stability in a country without a national religion, political party, or language. Bees in America is an enlightening cultural history of bees and beekeeping in the United States. Tammy Horn, herself a beekeeper, offers a varied social and technological history from the colonial period, when the British first introduced bees to the New World, to the present, when bees are being used by the American military to detect bombs. Early European colonists introduced bees to the New World as part of an agrarian philosophy borrowed from the Greeks and Romans. Their legacy was intended to provide sustenance and a livelihood for immigrants in search of new opportunities, and the honey bee became a sign of colonization, alerting Native Americans to settlers' westward advance. Colonists imagined their own endeavors in terms of bees' hallmark traits of industry and thrift and the image of the busy and growing hive soon shaped American ideals about work, family, community, and leisure. The image of the hive continued to be popular in the eighteenth century, symbolizing a society working together for the common good and reflecting Enlightenment principles of order and balance. Less than a half-century later, Mormons settling Utah (where the bee is the state symbol) adopted the hive as a metaphor for their protected and close-knit culture that revolved around industry, harmony, frugality, and cooperation. In the Great Depression, beehives provided food and bartering goods for many farm families, and during World War II, the War Food Administration urged beekeepers to conserve every ounce of beeswax their bees provided, as more than a million pounds a year were being used in the manufacture of war products ranging from waterproofing products to tape. The bee remains a bellwether in modern America. Like so many other insects and animals, the bee population was decimated by the growing use of chemical pesticides in the 1970s. Nevertheless, beekeeping has experienced a revival as natural products containing honey and beeswax have increased the visibility and desirability of the honey bee. Still a powerful representation of success, the industrious honey bee continues to serve both as a source of income and a metaphor for globalization as America emerges as a leader in the Information Age.
Download or read book Gleanings in Bee Culture written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fun for Kids III written by Marion F. Gallivan and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An index to children's craft books published since 1991. Provides a guide to craft instructions alphabetically by project, or by type of material used.
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Download or read book A Book of Myths written by Jean Lang and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Book of Myths" deals in a most entertaining manner with the mythology of Greece and Rome and many other noted lands. Added to the pleasure of the story there is the lure of the legend and the spell of old ways and customs. Not only many of the most celebrated are retold, but also many of the less well-known tales. The aim of the author, it is stated, has been to simplify for those who are not erudite scholars the stories of mythology, to which constant reference is made not only in classic, but in modern poetry, and to direct the attention of readers to poems which are not already known to them. Included are tales of Prometheus, Pygmalion, Orpheus, Perseus, King Midas, Pan, the Lorelei, Baldur and many more.
Download or read book The fable of the Bees written by Bernard de Mandeville and published by . This book was released on 1724 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World written by Emory Dean Keoke and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the lives and achievements of American Indians and discusses their contributions to the world.
Download or read book American Bee Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes summarized reports of many bee-keeper associations.
Download or read book Mara written by H M Porteous and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Warrior of Light does not lead a peaceful life, but he or she does lead a magical life. The opening up of Spiritual communications brings another dimension into play, a most-enlightened, exciting dimension that stimulates and encourages you to extend your horizons. Hope is the essence of believing in your ability to understand and brighten your Life Path. Hope is the switch that turns on the Light. Light is the Divine Spark that is the Inner Core of You. The Divine Spark is God. Therefore you are God in Action! Is this blasphemy? Never. You are God in Action and you can easily prove this to be so without resorting to tricks or slights of hand. You only need to know and believe that you are a part of the Divine Energy. Its as simple as that. I am Mara, the Beloved of Jezus. I am coming to you from the Energy of God. I come to you in the Spirit of Love, the Spirit of Hope, in the Spirit of Family. Listen to my words, for they are your words also!
Download or read book The Gentleman s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Keeper of the Bees written by Eimear Chaomhánach and published by The O'Brien Press Ltd. This book was released on 2024-10-21 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that bees have been around for over 100 million years? Or that the Brehon Laws included judgments about the rightful ownership of swarms? And why Irish beekeepers plant bluebells around their hives? From the perfection of their hexagonal honeycombs to their ordered matriarchal society, bees have been revered for thousands of years. In this beautifully illustrated book, beekeeper's daughter and student of folklore Eimear Chaomhánach weaves folktales about bees with memories of growing up in a beekeeping household, collecting swarms with her father and learning how to harvest honey. With legends about Aristotle and Irish saints and accounts of customs such as 'telling the bees', this is a fascinating look at the beliefs and traditions about bees and beekeeping.
Download or read book The A B C of Bee Culture written by Amos Ives Root and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
