Beekeeping With Woven Hives In Greece Through The Ages - Paperback

$46.77

Beekeeping With Woven Hives In Greece Through The Ages - Paperback

Name: Beekeeping With Woven Hives In Greece Through The Ages - Paperback
Brand: Books by splitShops
SKU: 9781914934612
Price: 46.77 USD
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$46.77

by Georgios Mavrofridis (Author)

The present book is an original study on beekeeping which, apart of course for the existing modern literature, is based on four pillars:

1. the study of the relevant ancient Roman and Byzantine literature; 2. the study of the works by foreign travelers who visited Greece from the 17th to the 19th centuries to gather information on beekeeping and wicker hives;3. the study of archival, mainly unpublished, material; and4. the results of the author's on-the-spot investigations throughout Greece during the last seventeen years.
All types of Greek woven hives are explored, as well as the methods of practicing beekeeping by these means during the last centuries. Their construction techniques and the materials used, both by the beekeepers themselves and by professional basket weavers, are also recorded. The proposed theses of the possible use of woven hives during the Bronze Age are examined, as well as all written sources concerning beekeeping with this sort of hive during Greco-Roman antiquity and the Middle Ages. The possible introduction of open-at-the-bottom wicker hives to the Greek region is also being investigated.
Finally, the influence of a specific type of Greek woven hive, namely the open-at-the-top with movable combs, on the evolution of world beekeeping, both in the developed and the developing world, is examined.

Number of Pages: 152

Dimensions: 0.41 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN

Publication Date: June 27, 2023

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