Butler: Parson, Musicologist, Beekeeper, Compiled and Edited by The Butler 400 Foundation Swarm Control Propolis Balms

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producing significant quantities of honey and related products in commercial quantities

entomologist Keith Delaplane uses the humble but charismatic honey bee as a model of social evolution to highlight the many parallels a social insect colony shares with humans and other organisms

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Butler: Parson, Musicologist, Beekeeper, Compiled and Edited by The Butler 400 Foundation Swarm Control Propolis BalmsFour hundred years ago, a parson in the small rural parish of Wootton St Lawrence in North Hampshire made an impact on beekeeping and left a legacy that still resonates today. This book celebrates the life and legacy of Rev Charles Butler, a man now widely recognised as the father of English beekeeping. Articles from 13 authors explore the impact of a man who was not only a parson, musicologist and beekeeper but also a logician, grammarian and author