Honey Wines and Beers by Clara Furness Bees & Plants weather-beaten old Maître apiculteur

weather-beaten old Maître apiculteur

Photographs are taken by the author during his work with apiaries in the Midland Counties

David Shannon

The variety of sizes and shapes gives clues as to the ingenious ways plants utilise the weather and insect behaviour to deliver pollen to its intended destination

They are the visual cultural equivalent of folk songs

Honey Wines and Beers by Clara Furness Bees & Plants weather-beaten old Maître apiculteurIt was in the days when amateur wine making was at its height, that Clara Furness penned these pages. A long series of articles appeared in the British Bee Journal, and many Beekeepers and Winemakers Associations in the South will remember her demonstrations and talks. A handbook which encourages all beekeepers to see mead making as a natural consequence of keeping bees.