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Cover
The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting
Copyright
Contents
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 The Structure of the Book
Part I SETTING THE SCENE
2 The Ancestry of Honey-Storing Insects
2.1 Evolution of insects that feed on flowering plants
2.2 Evolution of stingless bees (Meliponinae)
2.3 Evolution of bumble bees (Bombus) and honey bees (Apis)
2.4 Evolution within the honey bees (Apis)
2.5 Evolution of honey-storing wasps
2.6 Evolution of honey ants
2.7 Relationships between honey-storing insects
3 Honey-Storing Insects and their World Distribution. 3.1 Introduction3.2 Distribution of the honey bee Apis mellifera
3.3 Distribution of Apis cerana and Apis koschevnikovi
3.4 Distribution of Apis dorsata and closely related species
3.5 Distribution of Apis florea and Apis andreniformis
3.6 Distribution and features of stingless bees (Meliponinae)
3.7 Distribution and features of bumble bees (Bombus species)
3.8 Distribution and features of honey-storing wasps
3.9 Distribution and features of honey ants
4 Features of Honey Bees in Relation to their Use by Man
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The honey bee colony and its members. 4.3 How honey bees make honey4.4 The seasonality of honey production, storage and harvesting
4.5 Colony characteristics valued by man
5 Animals other than Man in Relation to Bees
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Bears
5.3 Other carnivores
5.4 Primates
5.5 Birds
Part II OPPORTUNISTIC HONEY HUNTING BY MAN
6 Man's First Interactions with Bees and Honey
6.1 Early man, and the bees he encountered
6.2 Evidence from rock art
6.3 Other early representations of bees
7 Honey and Bee Hunting, with Examples in the Mediterranean Region and Middle East
7.1 The circumstances of opportunistic honey hunting. 7.2 Nests in rocks and in trees7.3 Honey hunting in the Ancient World
7.4 Honey hunting in later centuries
7.5 Bee hunting
8 Honey Hunting in Africa South of the Sahara
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Preparations, and methods of finding honey bee nests
8.3 Partnership with a bird (the honeyguide)
8.4 Methods of reaching honey bee nests
8.5 Treatment of honey bee nests when honey was collected
8.6 Use of smoke and other bee pacifiers
8.7 Treatment of the harvest from the nest
8.8 Bee hunting in Madagascar
8.9 Hunting for honey of stingless bees
9 Honey Hunting in Temperate-Zone Europe. 9.1 The circumstances of honey hunting9.2 Early honey hunting in eastern Europe
9.3 Methods in eastern Europe
9.4 Western Europe
9.5 The northern limit for honey bee survival
10 Honey Hunting in Asia East of Persia
10.1 The variety of honey-storing bees in Asia
10.2 The giant bee Apis dorsata at different nest sites
10.3 Cavity-nesting Apis cerana
10.4 The dwarf bee Apis florea
10.5 Stingless bees
11 Honey Hunting in the Americas and Oceania: Stingless Bees
11.1 The peoples, regions and bees concerned
11.2 Mesoamerica.