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This Brief explains and discusses honey and its production from a
chemical perspective. It outlines why honey is a special and unique
food, being produced by bees from the nectar of plants or from
secretions of living parts of plants. Although glucose and fructose
are the main constituents of honey, its overall composition is far
from being simple or uniform: other substances such as organic
acids, enzymes, or minerals are found in varying amounts. In this
Brief, the author addresses the factors that influence the
composition of the honey as well as the consequences that the
composition has on properties such as color, crystallization,
density, viscosity, or the refractive index. This Brief also
introduces some of the most commonly used quality parameters for
the determination of ageing and/or overheating:
5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and diastase. Other recently proposed
constituents for quality parameters are also mentioned, e.g. 1,2
dicarbonyl compounds (3 deoxyglucosone, methylglyoxal, glyoxal) and
furosine, also named 2-furoylmethyl lysine.
The nature .and diversity of presentations at the conference on:
"Bee Products: Prop erties, Applications and Apitherapy" held at
Tel-Aviv on May 26--30, 1996, emphasize the increasing interest of
physicians, practitioners, scientists, herbalists, dieticians,
cosmeti cians, microbiologists, and beekeepers in different facets
of bee products. This volume consists of a selection of 31
contributions presented at the conference and which provide
information on the present status of our knowledge in this area. In
spite of their diversity, they reflect the mainstream of the
conference, namely: "Imported" Prod ucts (honey, pollen and
propolis), Exocrine Secretions of Workers (venom, royal jelly).
Toxicity and Contaminants, Quality Control, Marketing, Apitherapy,
Cosmetics, etc. Since antiquity, honey as well as other bee
products were used as food, as a cure for ailments of humans and
animals, and as cosmetics. We hope that this volume will contribute
to interdisciplinary studies on chemical composition,
pharmacological effects, nutrition, and other aspects of bee
products. Critical and unbiased experimental research may unravel
the yet unknown composition and mode of action of bee products and
elucidate many unanswered questions. The noteworthy features of
this conference were the participants from all parts of the world
and of different cultural backgrounds, who shared their keen
interest and curios ity regarding honey bees and their products. We
thank all of them for their personal con tribution to the success
of this conference."
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.
From the basic of understanding the life cycle of bees, the duties
of queen, drones and workers - the reader is guided through the
process of setting up and management throughout the year. Other
topics discussed include different hive products; pests and
diseases; marketing and legal aspects. Illustrated throughout with
photographs and diagrams, this is an invaluable reference book for
anyone with an interest in beekeeping.
A scientist before he was a beekeeper, Mark L. Winston found in his
new hobby a paradigm for understanding the role science should play
in society. In essays originally appearing as columns in Bee
Culture, the leading professional journal, Winston uses beekeeping
as a starting point to discuss broader issues, such as how
agriculture functions under increasingly complex social and
environmental restraints, how scientists grapple with issues of
accountability, and how people struggle to maintain contact with
the natural world. Winston's reflections on bees, beekeeping, and
science cover a period of tumultuous change in North America, a
time when new parasites, reduced research funding, and changing
economic conditions have disrupted the livelihoods of bee
farmers."Managed honeybees in the city provide a major public
service by pollinating gardens, fruit trees, and berry bushes, and
should be encouraged rather than legislated out of existence. Our
cities, groomed and cosmopolitan as they appear, still obey the
basic rules of nature, and our gardens and yards are no exception.
Homegrown squashes, apple trees, raspberries, peas, beans, and
other garden crops require bees to move the pollen from one flower
to another, no matter how urbanized or sophisticated the
neighborhood."
Illustrations by Pamela Johnson
"Why is it that insects often inspire such good writing? You think of Jean Henri Fabre, William Morton Wheeler, you think of Howard Evans' Wasp Farm. To these classics we must now add The Queen Must Die, an altogether pleasing ethnography of the beehive." Jake Page "A very fine book indeed. . . . Longgood's Thoreauvian patience and powers of observation . . . make The Queen Must Die a special book." James Kauffman, Christian Science Monitor "Longgood's enthusiasm for his subject is infectious. He supplies a fund of unfamiliar information about a changeless civilization buzzing about its business just outside our attention." Walter Clemons, Newsweek "The remarkable complex social order of bees leads the least speculative to speculate, and Longgood's speculations, leavened with quiet wit, are of a high order of stylish imagination." Los Angeles Times "A beautiful book about one of nature's most industrious, 'work-or-die' insects. . . . Fascinating reading." Rocky Mountain News
Bees are the darlings of the insect world. It is a joy to see these
insects hard at work, peacefully buzzing from flower to flower.
Many people recognise the worth of bees, as well as that they face
multiple threats. But very few know about the diversity and
importance of our native bee species. There are an estimated 2000
to 3000 bee species in Australia, yet we know very little about the
vast majority of these and there are many that are yet to be
described. Bees of Australia introduces some of our incredible
native bees, many of which, if you look closely, can be found in
your own garden. Open this book wherever you like or read it from
cover to cover. The combination of photography and contributions
from some of Australia's leading bee researchers allows anyone to
become enthralled by our native bees. Don't be surprised if you
find yourself looking closer at every flower that you pass in
search of our wonderful native bees.
Ensuring Global Food Safety: Exploring Global Harmonization
discusses the importance of food security, important global food
security issues and emerging issues in food safety. The food
production systems, global food security and supply chain are
elucidated in this book. The importance of biotechnology and its
impact on food security are discussed in this book along with the
strategies for global food security. The policies, trends and
challenges in food security and the future of the global food
security have been described in this book. This book provides
detailed insights into several aspects related to global food
security.
Food Processing, Biochemistry and Agriculture discusses the basics
of the food processing industry such as the importance and history
of the food processing sector. The role of agriculture in
production of food, basic principles of the food processing
industry, production and processing of food crops have been
elucidated. The production and processing of dry cereals, legumes,
livestock products, soft and natural beverages were explained in
this book. The factors that can affect the food processing industry
and the emerging issues in the food processing and production are
discussed in this book.
Agriculture and Industrial Development discusses the basic concept
of agriculture, crop farming and livestock farming. It includes
different types of agricultural industries and the importance of
industrial revolution in the field of agriculture. This book also
discusses about development of agriculture in the rural areas, role
of agricultural cooperatives, agricultural entrepreneurship and
technologies in agricultural industry development and relationship
of industrial development in the urban centers to the resource
hinterland. It provides the reader with insights of agriculture
associated with the industrial development so as to better
understand the importance of industrial revolution in the field of
agriculture and the role of advance technologies in the development
of agricultural industries.
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