When we survey the breadth of those who have written about Thomas of Cantimpré, we are struck by the fact that the number of their communications is completely disproportionate to their importance. {Various authors] limit themselves to giving some works by Thomas as well as some details, which are of little use to us. ... In 1895 a dissertation was published in Paris: “Bonum universale de apibus, quid illustrandis saeculi XIII moribus conferat", by E. Berger. This one has a good overview of the material given ... Although so Kaufmann gives more than one of his predecessors, he has not completely exhausted the material well. He only sells the Biënboec [Book of Bees] for a small amount discussed in part, on the connection with the French examples. He does not point out literature at all, nor does he indicate its influence; not a single word has been mentioned of the Biënboec. The goal of my work is to address these and other gaps filling, and it seemed to me that I could not achieve this without [sharing] almost all examples from the Biënboec in their entirety. - [Author]

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