Author: Dorothy Hodges
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ISBN: 9781913811075
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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The Pollen Loads of the Honeybee by Dorothy Hodges, an artist and experienced beekeeper, was first published 1952. It included drawings of pollen grains which will never be surpassed. The originals are preserved at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This booklet, published by IBRA, reproduces these drawings. Dorothy Hodges was a trained artist with an artist's acute powers of observation as well as being a beekeeper. In 1946 she had the idea of making a colour chart of pollen loads. It took several years for her ideas to gestate but the glorious outcome was the publication, by the then Bee Research Association, of The Pollen Loads of the Honeybee in 1952. Designed as a very practical guide for beekeepers, the importance of the book was immense and it has long since risen from being a humble textbook and guide to a much sought after collectors' item. Its rarity and importance mean that it is no longer easily obtainable and so difficult for the ordinary beekeeper to appreciate its contents. For this very reason IBRA has decided to reproduce Mrs Hodges's delicate drawings of pollen grains as a separate publication and in so doing hopefully make her work known to other generations of beekeepers. Although the painstakingly produced colour charts of the original book still have their value it would.not be possible to reproduce them with sufficient accuracy to do justice to the original work. However, the drawings lend them-selves to reasonable reproduction. They are of outstanding artistic merit and offer the possibility of identifying the pollen forms which are most frequently collected by bees. For beginners these drawings will do good service as an introduction to the pollen analysis of honey. The drawings need no explanation other than a name - the family group, the Latin scientific name and the common English name - thus making the book independent of language barriers. This means it can be appreciated in many countries where the original work was unknown or is now out of reach because of rarity and cost. The cover is taken from Dorothy Hodges own watercolour painting that she suggested might adorn the dust jacket of the original publication. The artwork was not used and so this booklet allows it to be seen publicly for the first time in almost sixty years. Finally, for the convenience of the reader, the actual pollen drawings retain the same page, numbers as the plates in the original book. Richard Jones Former Director, IBRA October 2009
Author: Dorothy Hodges
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780860982623
Category : Pollen
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Author: Dorothy Hodges
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Author: Dorothy Hodges
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Category : Bees
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Author: Dorothy Hodges
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ISBN:
Category : Pollen
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Languages : en
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Author: Seiichi Hayashi
Publisher: Picturebox, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781939799074
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Gold Pollen and Other Stories collects a handful of Hayashi's most important manga from his reigning years during the late 60s and early 70s. Memorable examples include Red Dragonfly (1968), Yamauba's Lullaby (1968), and Gold Pollen (1971). Published here in original full colour, these stories mix traditional Japanese aesthetics with pop Art sensibilities, and range in topic from the legacies of Japanese right-wing nationalism and Second World War, to the shadow of America over 1960s Japanese youth culture.
Author: Ted Hooper
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : nl
Pages : 266
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Handboek voor de beginner en ervaren bijenhouder, met onderwerpen als: het bijengedrag, de jaarlijkse bezigheden, de koningin, ziektes, de bloemen die belangrijke honingleveranciers zijn, het honingoogsten
Author: Dant︠s︡ik Sergeevich Baldaev
Publisher: Fuel Pub
ISBN: 9780956356246
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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Drawings from the Gulag consists of 130 drawings by Danzig Baldaev describing the history, horror and peculiarities of the Gulag system from its inception in 1918. Baldaev's father, a respected ethnographer, taught him techniques to record the tattoos of criminals in St Petersburg's notorious Kresty prison, where he worked as a guard. He was reported to the KGB who unexpectedly supported his work, allowing him the opportunity to travel across the former USSR.Witnessing scenes of everyday life in the Gulag, he chronicled this previously closed world from both sides of the wire. With every vignette, Baldaev brings the characters he depicts to vivid life: from the lowest zek (inmate) to the most violent tattooed vor (thief), all the practices and inhabitants of the Gulag system are depicted here in incredible, and often shocking, detail. In documenting the attitude of the authorities to those imprisoned, and the transformation of those citizens into survivors or victims of the Gulag system, this 'graphic novel' vividly depicts methods of torture and mass murder undertaken by the administration, as well as the atrocities committed by criminals on their fellow inmates.
Author: John Jeavons
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 0399579192
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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The world's leading resource on biointensive, sustainable, high-yield organic gardening is thoroughly updated throughout, with new sections on using 12 percent less water and increasing compost power. Long before it was a trend, How to Grow More Vegetables brought backyard ecosystems to life for the home gardener by demonstrating sustainable growing methods for spectacular organic produce on a small but intensive scale. How to Grow More Vegetables has become the go-to reference for food growers at every level, whether home gardeners dedicated to nurturing backyard edibles with minimal water in maximum harmony with nature's cycles, or a small-scale commercial producer interested in optimizing soil fertility and increasing plant productivity. In the ninth edition, author John Jeavons has revised and updated each chapter, including new sections on using less water and increasing compost power.
