Gadagkar, R and Gadagkar, VR (1988) The Amazing World of the Honey Bees. In: Vignana Parichaya, 10 (3). pp. 4-8.
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Abstract
Honey bees have always fascinated mankind. We have clear references to them in ancient Indian and Chinese scriptures and Aristotle has much to say about them. Our fascination for the honey bee has been described by William Morton Wheeler. one of the greatest students of social insects of this century, in the following words: "Its sustained flight, its powerful sting, its intimacy with flowers and avoidance of all unwholesome things. the attachment of the workers to the queen - regarded throughout antiquity as a king - its singular swarming habits and its astonishing industry in collecting and storing honey and skill in making wax, two unique substances of great value to man, but of mysterious origin, made it a divine being, a prime favourite of the Gods, that had somehow survived from the golden age or had voluntarily escaped from the garden of Eden with poor. fallen man for the purpose of sweetening his bitter lot".
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Vignana Parichaya |
| Publisher: | Indian Institute of Science |
| Additional Information: | Copyright to this article belongs to Indian Institute of Science |
| Keywords: | Honeybees, Social Bees, Social Insects, Apidae, Popular Article |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2021 10:16 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2021 10:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/67765 |
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