The Keeper of the Bees : Bees and Beekeeping in Irish Folklore

The Keeper of the Bees : Bees and Beekeeping in Irish Folklore

Eimear Chaomhánach

Språken
FörlagThe O'Brien Press
ISBN9781788495479

Did you know that bees have been around for over 100 million years? Or that the Brehon Laws included judgments about the rightful ownership of swarms? And why Irish beekeepers plant bluebells around their hives? From the perfection of their hexagonal honeycombs to their ordered matriarchal society,