Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813191638)

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, wh

Author: Tammy Horn
ISBN-10: 0813191637
ISBN-13: 9780813191638
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 04/21/2006
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d