Honey-bees, court ladies, and beekeeping in Java before 1500 CE

People have been interacting with bees in the Indo-Malay world for thousands of years. Though the practice of robbing bees of honey and wax is relatively well-documented, we know very little about the early history of beekeeping in Southeast Asia. In this study I will use Old Javanese evidence to de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: JiŘí Jákl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Indonesia, Faculty of Humanities 2022-04-01
Series:Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
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Online Access:https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol23/iss2/3/