Eva Crane

Eva Crane ( born June 12, 1912 in London, † September 6, 2007 in Slough, born Ethel Eva Widdowson ) was an English scholar and author of numerous publications on international beekeeping and history of beekeeping.

Life

Eva Crane was born Ethel Eva Widdowson in London. She studied nuclear physics and earned a doctorate in 1941. At the University of Sheffield, she taught physics. In 1942 she married the stockbroker James Crane, who performed his military service in the Royal Navy at the time. Eva Cranes interest for beekeeping was awakened by a beehive, the couple received as a wedding gift. The donor actually intended in order to facilitate the supply of sugar in wartime only, the bride and groom. Eva Cranes scientific work of the following decades were the global beekeeping and beekeeping. In their study, they traveled, often under the most primitive conditions, more than 60 countries. Her husband, James Crane died in 1978. Eva Crane devoted until her death her ​​bee-research work.

Services

Eva Crane has published more than 180 scientific articles and books, many of them in old age. The summary of her life's work published Eva Crane in two major encyclopaedic works: Bees and Beekeeping: science, practice and world resources. (1990 ) and The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting. (1999). Eva Crane was a founding member of the founded on January 24, 1949 International Bee Research Association ( IBRA ) in Cardiff and was its first director of many years, starting in 1962, she was editors of the Journal of Apicultural Research, the 1949 with the Bee World merged.

Works

  • Honey: a comprehensive survey. Heinemann, London 1975
  • A Book of Honey. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1980. ISBN 0-19-217657-9
  • The Archaeology of Beekeeping. In 1983.
  • Technical cooperation activities: beekeeping. A directory and guide. ( In collaboration with Wilhelm Drescher and the German Society for Technical Cooperation ( GTZ) ) Eschborn 1983
  • Bees and Beekeeping: science, practice and world resources. In 1990.
  • The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting. Duckworth, London, 1999. ISBN 0-7156-2827-5
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