Wondering who is doing research on honey bees these days, and what they’re learning?
The website of the International Bee Research Association allows visitors to browse the browse the Tables of Contents of the award-winning quarterly Journal of Apicultural Research, to subscribe, or to read a back-issue of the publication. The journal was just awarded a gold medal in the scientific journals category at Apimondia 2007 in Melbourne — its third Apimondia gold medal.
IBRA is a charity working to increase awareness of the vital role of bees in the environment and to encourage the use of bees as wealth creators.
While much of the bee research information is available to IBRA members or for purchase in the online shop, the site has much of interest for non-members and casual visitors with an interest in bees.
Do check the “Information Services” category for a listing of “Free Downloads” available. For example, a sample copy of a past issue of the Journal of Apicultural Research and other periodicals are available in PDF format, as are samples of parts of some of the books on bees that have been published by the IBRA. At the moment, offerings include a sample of Form and Function in the Honey Bee by L Goodman, and Honey and Healing edited by P A Munn and R Jones.
Thanks to CBA member John-Michael McPhee for the tip on this website.
I’ve just finished IBRA Eva Crane’s “Book of Honey.” It’s great- is she still living?
She mentioned a “Kill No Bee” movement of the 1830′s (p. 121) and books, Thomas Nutt’s Humanity to honey bees (1832) and “A bee preserver” (W.C. Cotton) A short and simple letter to cottagers (1839).
I’d like photocopies of either or both- how may I obtain them? I would be glad to pay a fee for the same. Thanks & good luck! -Wayne Soini
Wayne, we did a little write-up on Eva Crane about a year ago — yes, she died in 2007.
The book by Thomas Nutt has an awesome title — Humanity to honey bees: or, Practical directions for the Management of Honey Bees upon an improved and humane plan, by which the lives of bees may be preserved, and abundance of honey of a superior quality may be obtained! It’s long out of print — printed in 1832 — but I found it listed as a rare book on Amazon.com for about $300.
A Short and Simple Letter to Cottagers from a Bee Preserver by William Charles Cotton will likely be harder to find — Worldcat.org shows 45 libraries in the world with a copy. Other works by the same author are listed on Amazon: My Bee Book (c.1842) for about $60, and A Manual For New Zealand Bee Keepers (1848) for about $26.
I would like to contact Wayne Soini about Boston Braves baseball history….
Jay Garbose
thank you
Sorry, Jay, we have no way to put you in touch with other commenters on this website.
Have you tried searching for Mr Soini at http://www.whitepages.com ?