The Locator -- [(title = "history of innovation ")]

11 records matched your query       


Record 7 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record | Search Results
Author:
Kritsky, Gene.
Title:
The quest for the perfect hive : a history of innovation in bee culture / Gene Kritsky.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
xii, 198 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Bee culture--History.
Beehives--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Alfred Neighbour : British beekeeping ambassador -- Transition -- Bee houses -- Bee calendars -- Beekeeper's paraphernalia -- The end of innovation.
ISBN:
0195385446 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780195385441 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)401164358
LCCN:
2009022959
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

Initiate Another SILO Locator Search

This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.