The Honey Trail In Pursuit of Liquid Gold and Vanishing Bees

by Pundyk, Grace

• ISBN13: 9780312629816
• ISBN10: 0312629818
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-03
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Summary

Pundyk delivers a global travel narrative that looks at the different aspects of how honey and bees are being affected by globalization, terrorism, deforestation, the global food trade, and climate change.

Author Biography

GRACE PUNDYK’s work has appeared in travel publications, magazines, and newspapers. She lives on the island of Tasmania.

Table of Contents

Sweet Beginnings	p. xi
The Honey Cartographers: A Brief History of Bees, Hives, Honey, and Civilization	p. 1
Yemen: Hives, Kalashnikovs, and the Koran	p. 17
Australia: Big Red Country, Big Red Tape	p. 39
New Zealand: Manuka Mania	p. 89
Borneo: Of Hives and Souls	p. 102
Russia: The Honey Tricycle	p. 131
The United Kingdom: Honey Kings and Queens	p. 166
Italy: Tasting the Honeyed Divine	p. 194
Turkey: The Sweet Road to Accession	p. 213
The United States: Honey, Where You Been So Long?	p. 243
China: The Honey Dominators	p. 273
A Twenty-first-century Honey Myth	p. 304
Acknowledgments	p. 319
Bibliography	p. 321
Index	p. 325
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