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Queen bee. Worker bees. Busy as a bee. These phrases have shaped perceptions of women for centuries, but how did these stereotypes begin? Who are the women who keep bees and what can we learn from them? Beeconomy examines the fascinating evolution of the relationship between women and bees around the world. From Africa to Australia to Asia, women have participated in the pragmatic aspects of honey hunting and in the more advanced skills associated with beekeeping as hive technology has advanced through the centuries. Synthesizing the various aspects of hive-related products, such as beewax and cosmetics, as well as the more specialized skills of queen production and knowledge-based economies of research and science, noted bee expert Tammy Horn documents how and why women should consider being beekeepers. The women profiled in the book suggest ways of managing careers, gender discrimination, motherhood, marriage, and single-parenting -- all while enjoying the community created by women who work with honey bees. Horn finds in beekeeping an opportunity for a new sustainable economy, one that takes into consideration environment, children, and family needs. Beeconomy not only explores globalization, food history, gender studies, and politics; it is a collective call to action.

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<p> In this engaging, deeply researched investigation of the interplay between women and beekeeping, Horn goes beyond looking at hive-related products like beeswax, honey, and cosmetics, and explores the potential for beekeeping to change family dynamics and even the global economy. --ForeWord --

--Beeconomy takes us on a world tour from the rise of civilization to the present, tracing the intertwined role of women and the role of honeybees as essential for a sustainable society. Read it.--- Indiana Living Green- --

<p> Beeconomy examines the fasciniating evolution of the relationship between women and bees around the world... The women profiled in the book suggest ways of managing careers, gender discrimination, motherhood, marriage and single parenting--all while enjoying the community created by women who work with honeybees. -- Edible Louisville & The Bluegrass Region --

Beeconomy takes us on a world tour from the rise of civilization to the present, tracing the intertwined role of women and the role of honeybees as essential for a sustainable society. Read it. -- Indiana Living Green --

In this engaging, deeply researched investigation of the interplay between women and beekeeping, Horn goes beyond looking at hive-related products like beeswax, honey, and cosmetics, and explores the potential for beekeeping to change family dynamics and even the global economy. -- ForeWord -- Beeconomy takes us on a world tour from the rise of civilization to the present, tracing the intertwined role of women and the role of honeybees as essential for a sustainable society. Read it. -- Indiana Living Green -- Fresh and original.... Horn has read and travelled widely -- across five continents -- to create this social account of beekeeping. -- Bees for Development Journal -- Beeconomy is a well-researched comment on the role of women and feminity in society.... Tammy proves that beekeeping is not only something women can do well, it's something women have been doing for centuries and should continue to do, for themselves, for their community, for the environment, for the global economy. -- New Zealand Beekeeper -- Beeconomy encompasses mythology, social history and a celebration of the roles of women beekeepers and researchers around the world. -- American Bee Journal -- Beeconomy examines the fasciniating evolution of the relationship between women and bees around the world... The women profiled in the book suggest ways of managing careers, gender discrimination, motherhood, marriage and single parenting--all while enjoying the community created by women who work with honeybees. -- Edible Louisville & The Bluegrass Region -- Most important, Horn relates the evolution of women in the industry from marginalized beekeepers to managers of successful apicultural systems and scientists developing industrial agriculture. -- Courier-Journal -- Takes a clear and analytical approach to the factors that have brought women into beekeeping and in some cases held them back from participating in apiculture. It balances the evidence and very clearly, and very correctly, puts forward the case for more female involvement. -- Bee World -- This is the first book of its kind to examine the evolution of the relationship between women and bees around the world and explains why women should consider becoming beekeepers. It makes fascinating reading. -- Bee Craft -- Horn's Beeconomy opens a window on the world of beekeeping and female beekeepers. -- Lexington Herald-Leader -- This unique book tells the story of women in the world of honey bees and beekeeping, from historical times to today and across every continent. --Francis Ratnieks, Sussex University -- In these pages, Tammy Horn takes you on a global, first class ride that explores the geography, history, culture, economy and influence of the beekeepers of the world who raise both bees and children--women. Horn has gathered all in one place the special, shining examples of the thousands of beekeeping heroines that have been mostly over looked in the histories written by men. Finally, the women are all in the light. --Kim Flottum, author of Better Beekeeping: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Stronger Colonies and Healthier, More Productive Bees and editor of Bee Culture magazine --

<p> Beeconomy takes us on a world tour from the rise of civilization to the present, tracing the intertwined role of women and the role of honeybees as essential for a sustainable society. Read it. --Indiana Living Green --

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Tammy Horn teaches in the English department at Berea College. She learned beekeeping from her grandfather, who grew up hunting bee trees in eastern Kentucky.

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