Comments on: International Bee Research Association

By: workerbeej

workerbeej — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:45:00 +0000

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 ?

By: Jay Garbose

Jay Garbose — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:40:53 +0000

I would like to contact Wayne Soini about Boston Braves baseball history….
Jay Garbose
thank you

By: workerbeej

workerbeej — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:48:39 +0000

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.

By: Wayne Soini

Wayne Soini — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:34:16 +0000

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