"Bees and Beekeeping" by Eva Crane (12 June 1912 – 6 September 2007). The
New York Times reported that "Dr. Crane wrote some of the most important
books on bees and apiculture." 

Trained as a nuclear physicist, she changed her field of interest to bees,
and spent decades researching bees, traveling to more than 60 countries,
often under primitive conditions.  

"A Book of Honey" (1980) and "The Archaeology of Beekeeping" (1983)
reflected her strong interests in nutrition and the ancient past of beekeeping.

Her writing culminated in two mighty, encyclopaedic tomes, "Bees and
Beekeeping: science, practice and world resources" (1990; at 614 pages) and
"The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting" (1999; 682 pages). 

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