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Here are some suggested materials for those interested in Bee Hunting / Bee Lining.
Books - Bee Hunting:
Hunting Wild Bees
By - Robert E. Donovan
Publisher - Winchester Press, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Publication Date - 1980
ISBN - 0-87691-310-9
Size - 184 pages w/ B&W photos and diagrams
Description - How to track bees, harvest honey and beeswax, and domesticate swarms.
Status - Out of print
Bee Hunting
By - John R. Lockard
Publiher - A.R. Harding Publishing Co.
Publication Date - 1936
Size - 72 pages w/ text only
Description - A book of valuable information for bee hunters - Tells how to line bees to trees, etc. Author prefers baiting & tracking rather than using a bee box.
Status - Out of print
The Bee Hunter
By - George Harrold Edgell
Publisher - Harvard University Press
Publication Date - 1949
Size - 49 pages
Description -
Status - Out of print
Keeping Bees
By - John Vivian
Description - It has excellent illustrations of making a bee lining box out of a cigar box.
The Honey Bee
Scientific American Library
J.L. Gould and C.R.Gould,
Publication Date - 1988
ISBN - 0716750236
Description - Excellent explanations of honeybee biology and behavior
Status - Out of print
Books - Bee History:
Bees In America - How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation
By - Tammy Horn
Publisher - The University Press of Kentucky
Publication Date - 2005
Size - 352 pages
ISBN - 978-0-8131-2350-9
Description - A cultural history of bees and beekeeping in America.
URL - http://www.kentuckypress.com/viewbook.cfm?Category_ID=1&Group=17&ID=1205
The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting
By - Eva Crane
Publisher - Routledge
Publication Date - 1999
Size - 682 pages
ISBN - 041-5-924-672
Description - A fascinating account of bees and their complex relations with both humans and animals
URL - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Crane
The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore
By - Hilda M. Ransome
Publisher - Dover Publications
Publication Date - 1937
Size - 320 pages
Description - history of the bee in myth, legend, superstition, folklore and ritual since ancient times
Status - Out of print
URL - http://store.doverpublications.com/048643494x.html
Videos:
Free Bees For You
Length - 77 minutes in DVD format
Description - Bee-lining, harvesting a bee tree, and trapping bees out of houses are covered in this 77 minute DVD. Learn how to get bees for FREE!
Status - Available through Brush Mountain Farm beekeeping supplier
http://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com
Video Clips:
http://www.revver.com/video/119637/honey-hunter-of-nepal
Articles in the Popular Press:
Hunting Honey-Bee Trees
New York Times, Nov 7, 1897
URL - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D03E4DA123CE433A25754C0A9679D94669ED7CF
Downloadable PDF - http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D03E4DA123CE433A25754C0A9679D94669ED7CF
On The Trail Of The Honeybee
Sports Illustrated, April 13, 1970
By - Russell Laman
URL - http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1083507/index.htm
Research Papers:
Efficient Hunting of Feral Colonies
By - Adrian M. Wenner, J.E. Alcock, and D.E. Meade
http://www.beesource.com/pov/wenner/index.htm
Bee Lining As a Research Technique in Ecological Study
By - P. Kirk Visscher and Thomas D. Seeley
http://sites.google.com/site/beelining/learn-more/reference-material/BeeLiningAsAResearchTechniqueInEcologicalStudy.pdf
Bees In The Forest Still
By - Tom Seeley
http://sites.google.com/site/beelining/learn-more/reference-material/BeesInTheForestStill.pdf
The Honey Bees of Santa Cruz Island
By - Adrian M. Wenner and Robin W. Thorp
http://www.beesource.com/pov/wenner/bcmay1993.htm
The Nest of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.)
By - T. D. Seeley and R. A. Morse
http://www.springerlink.com/content/kn41440127101316/?p=cff2e79fb71f48a581608e53feeb675b&pi=0
Historical Texts:
Turnbo’s Tale of the Ozarks: Snakes, Birds and Insect Stories (Allen 1989)
Authentic Ozarks Stories About Bee Huntin’ and Stingin Insects (Thomas 1972) - By Dr. Roy Edwin Thomas
Foxfire 2 - By Brooks Eliot Wigginton
Photographs & Misc Online Content:
http://www.bee-quick.com/500/index.html
http://www.mitzenmacher.net/photogallery/v/TheBeeHunt
http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/bittersweet/wi80d.htm
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