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Title: Bees in the Collections
Description: The University of Reading houses one of the largest collections of bee-related material in the United Kingdom. The works contained within provide vital insights into historic social and political perceptions of the world’s most important pollinators. This online exhibition showcases some of the most significant apian-related works, held by the University and beyond, from the sixteenth to the twentieth century which demonstrate how social and cultural perceptions of bees and hives changed as British society evolved.

The online exhibition curated by Olivia Blackburn, as part of a student project, ‘Bees in the Collections’, which was supervised by Professor Helen Parish and Dr Rohan Deb Roy from the Department of History, University of Reading.
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Type: Online Exhibition
Date: 2025
Subject: History of Science; Agricultural History; Imperial and Colonial History
Period: 16th-17th Century; 18th-19th Century
Geographical Area: Britain and Ireland; Asia

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