Beeconomy: What Women and Bees Can Teach Us about Local Trade and the Global Market

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Index 355 ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture (Root), 166, 178, 198 Abkhazians, beekeeping by, 70 aboriginal culture, honey bees and, 282–84, 282b Abushâdy, Ahmed Zaky, 130 Adams, Abigail, 268 Adams, Hiram, 189 Adey, Margaret, 26 adivasi of India, beekeeping by, 37–39 advertisements in bee journals, 180–81 Afghanistan, women beekeepers in, 75–78 African Americans, bee art/beekeeping by, 149, 199–200 African beekeeping in central Africa, 20–29 in North Africa, 14–19 in South Africa, 29–36 African honey bees in Africa, 14, 20, 32, 32b in North America, 233, 255–56, 311 in South America: adaptation to, 302, 307–8, 310; introduction of, 295, 297; North American Page references followed by italicized p indicate photos; b, boxes. research on, 213–14, 229; proliferation of, 298–99, 309 agricultural/land policies affecting beekeeping, 153 agriculture, industrial, in North America beekeeping opportunities and, 193–94 during national/world events, 206–11 pollination management in, 260 by region, 195–206 women in, 2–3 agriculture extension services. See extension services Agriculture (USDA) labs, US Department of, 212–13 aid programs. See development/aid programs and beekeeping Albert, Prince (Great Britain), 186 Allen, Mrs. Armstrong, 202–3 Allom, Mary Ann, 277 allomones in hives, 114b almsgiving of bee products in India, 42 Amazonian women, myths of, 85–86 Index 356 Amdam, Gro, 142–45, 143p, 300–302, 310 American Bee Journal, 170–74, 177–78, 180–81, 183, 187, 201 American Beekeeping Federation (US), 229, 261–62 Amos, Perry, 250 Anatolia, bee culture in, 78–80 Anderson, Alder, 70, 71–72 Andras, Catherine, 123 Andriyashev, Alexi, 66 “angel of the house” paradigm, 125, 154b, 275 Anna Karenina (Tolstoy), 65 Anne, queen of Great Britain, 117–18 antibiotics and beekeeping, 219, 302 apiaries health of crowded, 236–37 in India, 50 in North America, 206, 235 in Russia, 65, 68, 69 in Southeast Asia, 60 in southern Europe, 93p, 97, 102 Apiary Society of Victoria (Australia ), 277 apiculture birthplace of, 14 North American industrial: federal laboratories’ research for, 212–24; migratory pollination services for, 252–55; queen production for, 243–52; university programs for, 224–43 value-added industries of (see industries, value-added bee) Apimed Medical Honey, 292 Apis Club, 130 Apis dorsata, 39, 47, 59 Apis florae in India, 46p Apis mellifera diseases of, in Southeast Asia, 59 imported to India, 46–47 subspecies of African, 14, 20, 32, 32b Apis mellifera adansonni (African), 14, 297 Apis mellifera cerana (Asian), 46–47, 54, 59 Apis mellifera iberica in South America, 296 Apis mellifera ligustica (Italian), 29, 54, 100, 296 Apis mellifera mellifera (German), 46, 54, 60, 61, 147, 296 Apis mellifera scutellata (African), 295, 297 apitherapy, 50, 51b, 261 ApiTrade Africa, 138 Apollo’s “bees” (priestesses), 89 Appalachian region of US, beekeeping in, 139–40 Archeology of Beekeeping, The (Crane), 133 Archiv fuer Bienenkunde, 130 Argentina, honey/queen production in, 303–8 Aristaeus (Greek god of beekeeping), 89, 293 Armenia, honey production in, 69, 72, 73p art of bees/bee motifs in African cultures, 14, 20, 31 in Irish Arts and Craft movement, 107–8 in North American textbooks, 197–98, 216–17 in northern Europe, 107–8 Asenath, bee-related icon of, 95–97 Ashley, Jo Lisa, 77p, 78 Asian Americans, research/arts by, 149 Asian bees/apiculture overview of, 53–54 in Asia Minor, 78–83 Buddhism/Hinduism and, 42 in central Asia, 70–78 in northeast Asia, 64–70 in Southeast Asia, 55–64 Index 357 Asian Honey Bees (Oldroyd and Wongsiri), 42, 55, 57b Asian-origin honey imports to US, 265–66 Astley Circus bee charmer act, 124 Atchley, Jennie, 165 Atharvaveda, honey ceremonies in, 39–40 Attridge, Alfred, 29 Austeja (Polish/Lithuanian goddess), 110 Australasia, apiculture in aboriginal, 282–84, 282b 1800s, 275–78 environment of, 278–79 1950–1960s, 279–82 1980s–present, 284–92 Australia. See Australasia, apiculture in Australian bee packages for importing , 245, 253 Austrian beekeeping school, 119, 268 Avitabile, Alphonse, 216, 218 bacterial infections. See diseases (pathogens) of honey bees Badaga people, bee culture and, 38–39 Bagster, Samuel, 125–26 Baker, Mrs. L. B., 182, 183 Ballard, Martha Moore, 153 Barrett, Peter, 29, 276 bartering using bee products. See monetary exchange using bee products Beatrice, Princess (Great Britain), 186 Bech Bretha, 104 Beck, Bodog, 124 “bee,” as social gathering for work, 148, 151, 156–57 Bee, Cindy, 257–60, 258p bee, honey African...