Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Includes summarized reports of many bee-keeper associations.
American Bee Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Includes summarized reports of many bee-keeper associations.
Library of American Bee Journal 1929
Author: American Bee JournalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Beeconomy
Author: Tammy HornPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813134366
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
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 through the centuries. Synthesizing the various aspects of hive-related products, such as beewax and cosmetics, as well as the more specialized skills of queen production and knowledge-based economies of research and science, noted bee expert Tammy Horn documents how and why women should consider being beekeepers. The women profiled in the book suggest ways of managing careers, gender discrimination, motherhood, marriage, and single-parenting—all while enjoying the community created by women who work with honey bees. Horn finds in beekeeping an opportunity for a new sustainable economy, one that takes into consideration environment, children, and family needs. Beeconomy not only explores globalization, food history, gender studies, and politics; it is a collective call to action.
Report
Author: Iowa. State ApiaristPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bees
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Volumes for 1917- include also Report of the annual convention of the Iowa Beekeepers Association.
Report of the State Apiarist
Author: Iowa. State ApiaristPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
Book Description
Catalogue of Additions of the Library of the United States Patent Office
Author: Catalogue of Additions to the Library of the U.S. Patent Office, May 1, 1878-May 1, 1883
Author: United States. Patent OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
A Joint Catalogue of the Periodicals, Publications and Transactions of Societies, and Other Books Published at Intervals to be Found in the Various Libraries of the City of Toronto
Author: James BAIN (Chief Librarian, Toronto Public Library, and LANGTON (Hugh Hornby))Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Catalogue of Additions to the Library of the United States Patent Office
Author: United States. Patent OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The Chemistry of Fear
Author: Jonathan ReesPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421439964
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
A fascinating examination of the controversial work of Harvey Wiley, the founder of the pure food movement and an early crusader against the use of additives and preservatives in food. Though trained as a medical doctor, chemist Harvey Wiley spent most of his professional life advocating for "pure food"—food free of both adulterants and preservatives. A strong proponent of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, still the basis of food safety legislation in the United States, Wiley gained fame for what became known as the Poison Squad experiments—a series of tests in which, to learn more about the effects of various chemicals on the human body, Wiley's own employees at the Department of Agriculture agreed to consume food mixed with significant amounts of various additives, including borax, saltpeter, copper sulfate, sulfuric acid, and formaldehyde. One hundred years later, Wiley's influence lives on in many of our current popular ideas about food: that the wrong food can kill you; that the right food can extend your life; that additives are unnatural; and that unnatural food is unhealthy food. Eating—the process of taking something external in the world and putting it inside of you—has always been an intimate act, but it was Harvey Wiley who first turned it into a matter of life or death. In The Chemistry of Fear, Jonathan Rees examines Wiley's many—and varied—conflicts and clashes over food safety, including the adulteration of honey and the addition of caffeine to Coca-Cola, formaldehyde to milk, and alum to baking powder. Although Wiley is often depicted as an unwavering champion of the consumer's interest, Rees argues that his critics rightfully questioned some of his motivations, as well as the conclusions that he drew from his most important scientific work. And although Wiley's fame and popularity gave him enormous influence, Rees reveals that his impact on what Americans eat depends more upon fear than it does upon the quality of his research. Exploring in detail the battles Wiley picked over the way various foods and drinks were made and marketed, The Chemistry of Fear touches upon every stage of his career as a pure food advocate. From his initial work in Washington researching food adulteration, through the long interval at the end of his life when he worked for Good Housekeeping, Wiley often wrote about the people who prevented him from making the pure food law as effective as he thought it should have been. This engaging book will interest anyone who's curious about the pitfalls that eaters faced at the turn of the twentieth century.