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I have heard from beekeepers interested in working in a sustainable and humane way that this book of Steiner's lectures is full of insights. And indeed it is. It is a book to study rather than read. Steiner predicts the crisis bees face today (and these lectures were given nearly a century ago!) No one else has understood the true nature of bees like him, although thankfully some beekeepers are slowly coming round to looking at his ideas and hopefully changing their practices. I urge anyone who can give this book a bit of time to buy and study it. It is quite remarkable.
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
loved this book
23 Sep 2008
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When I read this book I was astonished that he wrote with such empathy for the bees. He also explains why the bees are disappearing and predicted there decline over a hundred years ago. He explained the benifits of formic acid and the connection of the bees, wasps and ants to our lives and the life of plants. He considers these animals as emotional and feeling and writes for all of them as such.
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Interesting philosophy but NOT nuts and bolts beekeeping
1 Nov 2009
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I agree with both 5 star and the 1 star reviewer: If you are looking for a book with practical information on non-industrial or organic beekeeping, Ross Conrad's "Natural Beekeeping" is your book, not this one. Steiner is a fascinating character and this book is basically a transcription of some chalkboard lectures he gave on bee ecology. Some of it seems pretty stream-of-consciousness and out there; I felt like I was reading the remarks of a "wild man" who'd come down off the mountain to describe some of his trippy insights into bees. For example, he discusses a sort of astrological connection between worker bees and the Sun, whose 21-day larval gestation correlates with the 21-day rotational period of the sun. However, the queen bee is supposedly fertile due to sun influence, although she gestates for only 16 days, and drones, who gestate over 22-24 days, are fertile due to earth influence. I don't really follow the logic here at all. It's mystical, and that's fine, but it's not really biology or science and for those of us who use a scientific framework (at least some of the time) that's a bit of a stumbling block. Steiner's critique of industrial beekeeping techniques leading eventually to population declines turned out to be spot-on and very accurate 100 years in advance, so he was right, although I can't tell from his reasoning how he knew. So, the book has merit, but NOT as a practical handbook on organic beekeeping.
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3 July 2009
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Yes, this book is about bees. Yes, this book is more than just bees. If you are looking for detailed instructions on how to keep bees, perhaps another book would be more helpful. If you want to UNDERSTAND bees, read this book!
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