Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey-The Sweet Liquid That Seduced the World

by Bishop

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Honey has been waiting almost ten million years for a good biography. Bees have been making this prized food - for centuries the world's only sweetener - for millennia, but we humans started recording our fascination with it only in the past few thousand years. Part history, part love letter, Robbing the Bees is a celebration of bees and their magical produce, revealing the varied roles of bees and honey in nature, world civilization, business, and gastronomy. To help navigate the worlds and cultures of honey, Bishop - beekeeper, writer, and honey aficionado - apprentices herself to Donald Smiley, a professional beekeeper who harvests tupelo honey in Florida. She intersperses the lively lore and science of honey with lyrical reflections on her own and Smiley's beekeeping experiences. Its passionate research, rich detail, and fascinating anecdote and illustrations make Holley Bishop's Robbing the Bees a sumptuous look at the oldest, most delectable food in the world.
  • ISBN10 0743250222
  • ISBN13 9780743250221
  • Publish Date 1 February 2006
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Imprint The Free Press
  • Format Paperback (UK Trade)
  • Pages 256
  • Language English