Bumblebee Honey in the Nordic Countries

Research in historical ethnobiology can provide information about little known and seemingly insignificant practices in the past. The utilization of insect products as a foodstuff is a rare custom in Europe and data on this practice are scarce. From Nordic countries, we have information about produc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ethnobiology Letters. in. - Society of Ethnobiology, 2010. - 9(2018), 2, Seite 312-318
1. Verfasser: Svanberg, Ingvar (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Berggren, Åsa
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Ethnobiology Letters. in
Schlagworte:Biological sciences Behavioral sciences
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