Eva Crane

Eva Crane

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

Life

Eva Crane was born Ethel Eva Widdowson in London. As one of only two women at the time, she studied mathematics at King's College of the University of London , then did her Masters in quantum mechanics in 1935 and obtained a doctorate in nuclear physics in 1941 , which she subsequently taught at the University of Sheffield .

In 1942 she married James Crane, a stockbroker who was doing his military service in the Royal Navy Voluntary Reserve at the time . Legend has it that Eva Crane's interest in beekeeping was sparked by a beehive that the couple received as a wedding gift . The giver actually only intended to make it easier for the bride and groom to get their supplies of sugar in times of war. In fact, she had beehives by 1940 at the latest. Eva Crane's scientific work in the following decades focused on beekeeping and beekeeping worldwide . For her studies, she traveled to more than 60 countries, often under the most primitive conditions. Her husband James Crane died in 1978. Eva Crane devoted herself to her bee studies until her death.

Services

Eva Crane published more than 180 scientific articles and books, many of them still in old age. Eva Crane published a summary of her life's work in two extensive encyclopedic 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 International Bee Research Association (IBRA) in Cardiff, founded on January 24, 1949, and was its first director for many years, from 1962 she was editor of the Journal of Apicultural Research , which merged with Bee World in 1949 .

Works

• with Günter Olberg: The behavior of the solitary wasps of Central Europe. Vespidae, Pompilidae, Sphecidae , Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1959
• Pollination of seed crops. a summary of research reported in Apicultural Abstracts. 1959-1971 , Bee Research Association, London 1972, ISBN 0-90014931-0
• Honey. a comprehensive survey , Heinemann, London 1975, ISBN 0-43490270-5
• Bibliography of tropical apiculture , International Bee Research Association, London 1978, ISBN 0-86098053-7
• A Book of Honey , Oxford University Press, Oxford 1980, ISBN 0-19-217657-9
• The Archeology of Beekeeping , Duckworth, London 1983, ISBN 0-7156-1681-1
• Technical cooperation activities. beekeeping. A directory and guide. (In cooperation with Wilhelm Drescher and GTZ ), Eschborn 1982, ISBN 3-88085111-5
• with Penelope Walker: Pollination Directory for World Crops , International Bee Research Association, London 1984, ISBN 0-86098143-6
• with Penelope Walker, Rosemary Day: Directory of Important World Honey Sources , International Bee Research Association, London 1984, ISBN 0-86098141-X
• Bees and Beekeeping. science, practice and world resources , Cornell University Press, New York 1990, ISBN 0-80142429-1
• The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting , Duckworth, London 1999, ISBN 0-7156-2827-5
• Making a bee line. my journeys in sixty countries. 1949-2000 , International Bee Research Association, Cardiff 2003, ISBN 0-86098245-9

literature

• Penelope Walker, Richard Jones: Eva Crane. bee scientist. 1912-2007 , International Bee Research Association, Cardiff 2008, ISBN 978-0-86098254-8

credentials

1. ↑ Francesca Railton: The secret life of bees: the life and work of Eva Crane , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, June 15, 2016, accessed on July 16, 2018.
2. ↑ Douglas Martin: Eva Crane, English Expert on World's Bees, Dies at 95 , New York Times, September 16, 2007, accessed July 16, 2018 (English)

Web links

Commons : Eva Crane  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Eva Crane in the catalog of the German National Library
• Eva Crane Trust to promote understanding of bees and beekeeping