Lemeunier, Guy - In: Investigaciones de Historia Económica (IHE) Journal of … 07 (2011) 02, pp. 259-269
The aim of traditional beekeeping was to produce wax, an expensive raw material used at church ceremonies and for the lighting of upper-class houses. Between 1750 and 1850, the Atlantic Landes and the Mediterranean mountains of France and Spain were unable to satisfy a growing demand, and both...