Hawker, R.J. The Enigma that was Thomas William Cowan. Pub. NBB. 2011
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Thomas William Cowan was head of the bee-keeping establishment in Britain for the first fifty years of its existence, and had a substantial influence on the manner in which honey bees are domestically kept today. In this volume Bob Hawker attempts to uncover the real T W Cowan by tracing his life through his education, family life, business interests, travels, conflicts, writings, inventions and bee-keeping, The result is often surprising and sometimes not pleasing.
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