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A Book of Honey, Crane
£29.95
A Book of Honey
£29.95
Upon her death in 2007, the New York Times acknowledged that Eva Crane wrote some of the most important books on bees and apiculture. A Book of Honey is one of her seminal works and must be on the shelves of anyone who is serious about understanding honey. Not only does it describe how and why bees make honey, but she also describes in detail the constituents and characteristics of honey. There is a chapter on the uses of honey in the kitchen as well as mead-making, medical remedies and cosmetics.
Eva describes the history of honey starting from the evolution of plants and bees, then on to the harvesting of honey by humans over the past 10,000 years and its religious significance and beliefs.
There is a huge databank of information to facilitate further detailed study, making this an essential read for both teachers and students. Please note that Eva’s comments at the end of her preface refer to the original cover which has now been replaced in this 2019 reprint.
VIEW Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Bees: The Honey Producers
- Honeybees
- Individual bees
- The bee colony
- How bees find sources of honey
- Collecting the nectar
- Converting the nectar into honey
- The bees' service to plants: pollination
- Plants: the Honey Resourees
- Honey flows
- Nectar
- Honeydew
- Other sources of honey
- The important honey plants
- Constituents and Characteristics of Honey
- The composition and forms of honey
- Sugars and the sweetness of honey
- The aromas and flavours of honey
- The colour of honey
- Enzymes
- Other substances
- Granulation
- Density, water content, fermentation, hygroscopicity
- Flow properties
- Other properties
- Identification of plant sources by pollen analysis
- Honey in the Home
- General guidelines
- Honey at the table
- Honey in prepared foods
- Using honey in uncooked dishes
- Honey in present-day baking
- Honey for meat and fish
- Modern versions of three Roman sauces
- Traditional honey cakes
- Traditional sweetmeats
- Honey in alcoholic drinks
- Honey in nutrition
- Honey in first aid
- Honey in cosmetics
- Honey in the Past and Present
- Honey before man
- Primitive honey hunting
- Honey from hives
- Honey in everyday life
- Better times for the bees
- The revolution in honey production
- Honey as a world commodity
- Bees and Honey in the Minds of Men
- Before recorded history: honey and bees are miraculous
- Bees as a model of the Christian life
- Telling the bees
- Bees provide a convenient political image
- Bees in the minds of men today
- Appendix 1: Producing your own Honey
- Appendix 2: Facts and Figures for Reference
- Further Reading
- Index
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